[Gzz-commits] manuscripts ./gzigzag.bib UMLLink/umllink.rst

[Asko Soukka]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/gzz
Module name:    manuscripts
Changes by:     Asko Soukka <address@hidden>    03/01/24 09:58:01

Modified files:
        .              : gzigzag.bib 
        UMLLink        : umllink.rst 

Log message:
        a little more about disorientation and against direct manipulation

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/gzigzag.bib.diff?tr1=1.8&tr2=1.9&r1=text&r2=text
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/UMLLink/umllink.rst.diff?tr1=1.45&tr2=1.46&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: manuscripts/UMLLink/umllink.rst
diff -u manuscripts/UMLLink/umllink.rst:1.45 
manuscripts/UMLLink/umllink.rst:1.46
--- manuscripts/UMLLink/umllink.rst:1.45        Fri Jan 24 06:44:06 2003
+++ manuscripts/UMLLink/umllink.rst     Fri Jan 24 09:58:01 2003
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 A free software toolchain for bidirectional linking between UML diagrams and 
Javadoc
 
====================================================================================
 
-:Stamp: $Id: umllink.rst,v 1.45 2003/01/24 11:44:06 humppake Exp $
+:Stamp: $Id: umllink.rst,v 1.46 2003/01/24 14:58:01 humppake Exp $
 
 Issues
 ======
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   [gentner-nielsen-anti-mac, p.75] collects arguments/argues
   generally against WYSIWYG.
  
-    - a document has a rich semantic structure that is oafter poorly
+    - a document has a rich semantic structure that is poorly
       captured by its appearance on a sceen or printed page
     - other text representations, such as SGML, distinct the semantic
       structure and rules for converting the text and semantics into
@@ -143,30 +143,48 @@
    language over menus and dialogs when creating UML objects 
 
    + we need a ref. of criticism of direct manipulation!
-     - TODO: Computer 16, 8 Ben Scheiderman 57-69
+
+     - not necessarily improve performance, users must learn the meaning
+       of the graphical components, graphic presentation could be 
+       misleading, graphical presentation could take excessive screen display
+       space [Shneiderman-direct-manipulation, p. 64]
+
+       probably only the first argument of performance is relevant
+       anymore... though, creating the graphic presentation for problem
+       could lead to using metaphors and those are often
+       criticized (even by D. Norman :)
+      
      - "The dark side of a direct manipulation interface is that
        you have to directly manipulate everything. Instead of an
        executive who gives high-level instructions, the user is 
        reduced to an assembly line worker who must carry out the
        same task over and over."
+       [gentner-nielsen-anti-mac, p.74]  
 
        limits the precision of our actions to the precision
        achieved  with eye-hand-mouse coordination (language and 
        mathematics can be more precise)
+       [gentner-nielsen-anti-mac, p.74]  
 
        direct manipulation requires the user to be involved in
        every action, but sometimes the user may not know
        what to do
+       [gentner-nielsen-anti-mac, p.74]  
 
        "It's as if we have thrown away a million years of 
        evolution, lost our facility with expressive language,
        and been reduced to pointing at objects in the immediate
        environment. -- We have lost all the power of language, and
        can no longer talk about objects that are not immidiately
-       visible."
-       
+       visible."    
        [gentner-nielsen-anti-mac, p.74]  
 
+     - summaring: direct manipulation could be easy, if there is
+       a natural graphic presentation for the problem. Even then 
+       it's not necesesserily the most efficient method. Also the
+       practical point of using the same writing tool foor coding and 
+       documenting.
+
    + though, directmanipulation is only relevant solution for
      replacing already created objects
 
@@ -263,21 +281,23 @@
 
  + hypertext disorientation problem still exists with javadoc
 
-   TODO: "According to Conklin, on of the major problems of hypertext, is that 
-   of disorientation or "getting lost" in a display network"
-   Computer 20, 9 Conklin, J. Hypertext: An introduction and survey 17-41
+   disorientation: the tendency to lose
+   one's sense of location and direction in a nonlinear document;
+   1) where you are in the network 2) how to get to seom other place that
+   you know (or think) exists in the network [conklin-hypertext, pp.38-40] 
 
    "--individuals appear to be attempting to create cognitive
    representations of hypertext structures in the form of a survey-type
    map--"
+   [edward-hardman-lost-in-hyperspace, p.123] 
   
    "Readers should be allobwed to develop a cognitive map of one view
    of the data structure before being given the opinion of navigating 
    through the data some other way."
+   [edward-hardman-lost-in-hyperspace, p.123] 
     
    "The mos appropriate types of navigation
    devices would be those that are spatially based." 
-
    [edward-hardman-lost-in-hyperspace, p.123] 
 
 "Obvious" question: can we increase the overall value by
Index: manuscripts/gzigzag.bib
diff -u manuscripts/gzigzag.bib:1.8 manuscripts/gzigzag.bib:1.9
--- manuscripts/gzigzag.bib:1.8 Fri Jan 24 04:20:26 2003
+++ manuscripts/gzigzag.bib     Fri Jan 24 09:58:00 2003
@@ -342,6 +342,17 @@
     doi = "http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/232014.232032";
 }
 
address@hidden shneiderman-direct-manipulation,
+    title = "Hypertext: An introduction and survey",
+    author = "Ben Shneiderman",
+    journal = "IEEE Computer",
+    monthXXX = "August",
+    year = "1983",
+    volume = 17,
+    number = 8,
+    pages = "57--69",
+}
+
 @comment -----------------------------------------
 @comment focus+context
 @comment -------------------------------------------
@@ -1279,6 +1290,17 @@
   year = {1983},
   publisher = {Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland}
   url = {http://www.workpractice.com/trigg/thesis-chap4.html}
+}
+
address@hidden conklin-hypertext,
+    title = "Hypertext: An introduction and survey",
+    author = "P. David Lebling and Marc S. Blank and Timothy A. Anderson",
+    journal = "IEEE Computer",
+    monthXXX = "September",
+    year = "1987",
+    volume = 20,
+    number = 9,
+    pages = "17--41",
 }
 
 @comment ------------------------------------------