[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/FutureVision vision.rst

[Tuomas J. Lukka]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/gzz
Module name:    manuscripts
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Changes by:     Tuomas J. Lukka <address@hidden>        03/09/18 12:37:46

Modified files:
        FutureVision   : vision.rst 

Log message:
        Buoys complete?

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diff -u manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst:1.116 
manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst:1.117
--- manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst:1.116   Thu Sep 18 12:34:29 2003
+++ manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst Thu Sep 18 12:37:45 2003
@@ -363,6 +363,13 @@
 
     __ mercury5.png
 
+Of course, that's not all there is to buoys - an important
+part is the fluid animation when the user clicks on 
+a buoy: the buoy *slides* into the focus without a disruptive
+change in the view, and the route back to the previous
+focus location is obvious, as shown in the following figure.
+
+
 ..  figure:: buoysMotion-small.jpg
 
     Figure XXX: a diagram of buoy animation (`larger image`__).
@@ -385,7 +392,12 @@
 The intent of buoys is to reduce the cognitive overhead
 of browsing and editing the structure 
 (see `Thüring et al (1995)`_ and
-references therein).
+references therein) by 1) providing context to the current node,
+and 2) having the non-disruptive motion between nodes.
+
+Buoys contribute to applitudes' interoperability
+by allowing any applitude
+to anchor buoys to any node shown by another applitude.
 
 4.3 Libvob
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