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[Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst
From: |
Tuomas J. Lukka |
Subject: |
[Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst |
Date: |
Wed, 14 May 2003 08:47:37 -0400 |
CVSROOT: /cvsroot/fenfire
Module name: journals
Changes by: Tuomas J. Lukka <address@hidden> 03/05/14 08:47:37
Modified files:
plans : SA_2003.rst
Log message:
twids
CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/fenfire/journals/plans/SA_2003.rst.diff?tr1=1.140&tr2=1.141&r1=text&r2=text
Patches:
Index: journals/plans/SA_2003.rst
diff -u journals/plans/SA_2003.rst:1.140 journals/plans/SA_2003.rst:1.141
--- journals/plans/SA_2003.rst:1.140 Wed May 14 08:37:11 2003
+++ journals/plans/SA_2003.rst Wed May 14 08:47:37 2003
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@
a location transparent, hyperstructured computer operating
environment.
On an abstract level, the Fenfire differs from conventional desktop
environments
-by bringing together
-three components:
+on three fronts:
Hyperstructured data model
As opposed to the conventional file system trees and location-based
pointing
@@ -318,7 +317,12 @@
Objectives, hypotheses, and methods per sub-project
---------------------------------------------------
-Because of the nature of this project, there are a num
+TJL
+
+Because of the nature of this project, there are a number
+of essentially separate subprojects with distinct objectives and
+results, but with some underlying themes. The separate subprojects are
+described in the sections below.
Fillets
'''''''
@@ -404,8 +408,8 @@
'''''
Buoys are a user interface technique invented within the Fenfire
-project.
-What we call *buoy* is a commonly used tool in technical diagrams:
+project, based on inspiration from
+technical diagrams:
placing a label at the edge of the image and connecting the label
to the relevant location (anchor) by a line (see Fig. [ref-fignasa]_).
@@ -422,7 +426,7 @@
the qualitative and quantitative differences between
buoy-based user interfaces and others, such as conventional web browsers
and other systems for easing link transitions
-[zellweger98fluid-andalso-fc-zooming-andalso-schilit98digital]_.
+[fc-zooming-andalso-schilit98digital-andalso-zellweger98fluid]_.
Exploring the design space of different buoy geometries by performing
usability experiments is another important area.
@@ -491,7 +495,7 @@
to study more formally the perceptual properties
of different types of torn edges.
Especially the properties of the animation are interesting,
-because it looks somewhat natural even though
+because it looks quite natural even though
there is no real-world analogue.
@@ -502,12 +506,13 @@
bitmaps of the font, which forces text to be
drawn on straight horizontal lines with constant size
scaled in discrete steps.
-
-The Fenfire interface uses text more freely than conventional
+The Fenfire user interface, on the other hand,
+uses text more freely than conventional
user interfaces, applying rotation, fisheye distortion and
smooth animation.
-Rendering text using the 3D hardware is problematic because
+Rendering text using the 3D hardware allows this
+but there are some problems since
the texturing algorithms are mainly designed for full-color image
rendering.
The ubiquitous trilinear filtering and mip-mapping
@@ -522,7 +527,8 @@
However, designing such filters in an *ad hoc* fashion is
extremely cumbersome and error-prone. What is needed is a suitable
mathematical framework for modeling the
-*perceptual* qualities of rendered text.
+*perceptual* qualities of text or general black-and-white 2D shapes
+rendered onto a square pixel grid.
The goals in this area are the development of the mathematical framework
for qualitatively
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, (continued)
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Janne V. Kujala, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Janne V. Kujala, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Janne V. Kujala, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst,
Tuomas J. Lukka <=
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Janne V. Kujala, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Janne V. Kujala, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/05/14
- [Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/05/15