[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/FutureVision vision.rst

[Benja Fallenstein]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/gzz
Module name:    manuscripts
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Changes by:     Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden>      03/09/17 22:14:58

Modified files:
        FutureVision   : vision.rst 

Log message:
        more intro

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst.diff?tr1=1.31&tr2=1.32&r1=text&r2=text

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Index: manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst
diff -u manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst:1.31 
manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst:1.32
--- manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst:1.31    Wed Sep 17 20:43:51 2003
+++ manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst Wed Sep 17 22:14:58 2003
@@ -57,27 +57,24 @@
    __ carli.png
 
 The item we are currently looking at
-is shown in the middle, related items are shown
+is shown in the middle, items related to it are shown
 around it [#fig1note]_. Items further away 
 fade into the background. Clicking
 on a far-away item will bring it to the center.
 
-Thus, **related items are always near each other**.
-
+**Related items are always near each other.**
 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]
-
-(You may not always want to see all types of information,
-though. For example, when composing e-mail to the attendants 
-of a meeting, you probably don't need to know the attendants' 
-birthdays. Each type of relationship can be shown and hidden
-independently.)
+**in different contexts** than the one you entered it in 
[#notalwayseverything]_.
 
+This may be intended; for example, when you'll meet
+somebody, you may want to be reminded of things they borrowed
+from you and ought to return. It may also come in unexpected:
+Planning the next chapter in your novel, you notice
+that you had an idea for how to develop one of your characters
+(connected to that character), which you had forgotten about.
 
+We propose to build a whole computing environment around this,
+replacing concepts such as files and applications. ...
 
 
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@@ -412,6 +409,17 @@
    in the foreground, we hope that this view will not
    cause disorientation. However, we have not done any
    user-testing, yet.
+
+.. [#notalwayseverything] You will not always want to see 
+   *all* types of information, though. For example, 
+   when composing e-mail to the attendants of a meeting, 
+   you probably don't need to know the attendants' 
+   birthdays. 
+   
+   It would be possible to show and hide each type of relationship
+   independently, by selecting or deselecting it on a list.
+
+