[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/FutureVision vision.rst

[Benja Fallenstein]

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Changes by:     Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden>      03/09/17 20:06:57

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diff -u manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst:1.26 
manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst:1.27
--- manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst:1.26    Wed Sep 17 18:11:00 2003
+++ manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst Wed Sep 17 20:06:57 2003
@@ -49,20 +49,33 @@
 
 .. figure:: example1.gen.png
 
-   Figure 1: A hypermedia structure centered around *items*,
+   Figure 1: A computing environment centered around *items*,
    things that the user cares about (`larger image`__,
    `screenshot`__ of prototype).
 
    __ full-example1.gen.png
    __ carli.png
 
-In this visualization[XXX], the item the user is currently looking at
-is shown in the middle, the other items connected to it are shown
-around it; items further away fade into the background. Clicking
+The item we are currently looking at
+is shown in the middle, related items are shown
+around it. Items further away fade into the background. Clicking
 on a far-away item will bring it to the center [#fig1note]_.
 
+Thus, **related items are always near each other** [#not2d]_.
 
-.. OLD STUFF:
+This allows you **see the information** you entered 
+**in different contexts** than the one you entered it in; 
+for example, looking at a person in your address book, 
+you might see an appointment you have with them. -- 
+This may sometimes be expected functionality, 
+and sometimes the basis for delightfully unexpected revelations. [XXX]
+
+
+
+
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+OLD STUFF:
 
 Hypermedia was meant to be an extension to the mind.  "As We May Think,"
 Vannemar Bush entitled his famous article (`Bush 1945`_); 
@@ -380,6 +393,18 @@
 
 .. [#fig1note] This visualization has parallels in
    focus+context and hyperbolic tree views [XXXref].
+
+.. [#not2d] No attempt is made at presenting the whole graph
+   in a two-dimensional layout, or at avoiding overlapping lines,
+   as many graph-layout algorithms do. We simply show the current
+   items in the center, the linked items on an ellipse around
+   the center, the items linked to the linked items around the
+   items they are linked to, and so on. [XXX less linkedy-linked]
+
+   As the current item and the items related to it are always
+   in the foreground, we believe that this view will not
+   cause disorientation. However, we have not done any
+   user-testing, yet.
 
 
 (XXX Link to text)