Group:
information retrieval
Topic:
history list in hypertext
Topic:
browsing with a user interface
Topic:
controlled browsing of hypertext
Topic:
hypertext links
Topic:
information retrieval by following links
Topic:
information retrieval by searching
Topic:
outlines
Topic:
problems with disorientation in hypertext
Topic:
searching hypertext
Topic:
thesaurus and information retrieval
Topic:
World-Wide Web
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Summary
Hypertext browsers predate the Web. The issues are largely the same -- how to indicate and select links, how to represent the context of a page, and how to design pages. (cbb 4/07)
Subtopic: selecting links 
| Quote: clicking an anchor in a World-Wide Web browser retrieves the desired object; continue navigation if the object is hypertext [»bernT8_1994]
| | Quote: read hypertext by selecting choices with a pushbutton or light pen [»nelsTH_1967]
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Subtopic: browse to view the interconnections, mental model
| Quote: a programmer needs to maneuver through a space of descriptions to view the interconnections
| | Quote: by browsing, a users acquires a mental model of the structure and contents of ZOG [»akscRM5_1984]
| | Quote: visual structures are easier to comprehend, construct and manipulate than textual structures [»smitJB6_1987]
| | Quote: explore Smalltalk methods and classes with a browser using the selection button [»teslL8_1981]
| | Quote: with hypertext, continually uncover new items of interest, often with growing relevance
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Subtopic: view original context
| Quote: in a hypertext, explore the original context for items; e.g., articles, books, or other hypertext units
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Subtopic: rapid response
| Quote: browsing requires immediate response; otherwise lose visual search and pattern-matching [»bereG9_1982]
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Subtopic: browser as administrator
| Quote: use a built-in web server for system status, logs, and debugging [»huntA_2000]
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Subtopic: browsing graphical view
| Quote: NoteCards needed a global view of the network; e.g., graphical overview, linearization, outlines, chronology [»trigRH11_1987]
| | Quote: in Hypertext can either specify queries (small-document) or browsing (graph-traversal)
| | Quote: Hypertext browsed by following links, searching for keyword, or graphical browser [»conkJ9_1987]
| | Quote: Intermedia has a global map for navigation anywhere in a Hypertext
| | Quote: a NoteCards browser contains a diagram of a network of notecards with titles [»halaFG4_1987]
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Subtopic: browse neighbors, local map
| Quote: query-initiated browsing -- locally navigate within a neighborhood; allows for localized similarity [»furnGW3_1997]
| | Quote: Intermedia has a local map for links and nearest neighbors of a document [»conkJ9_1987]
| | Quote: WebGlimpse allows neighborhood search computed at indexing time; allows jumps to related, close-by pages [»manbU1_1997]
| | Quote: the neighbors display in Document Presentation System shows all preceding and succeeding nodes [»vandA7_1988]
| | Quote: 'show overview' displays next and previous levels of the table of contents; helps to determine relevance [»walkJH11_1987]
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Subtopic: graphical view does not scale
| Quote: Hypertext as a directed graph does not scale well; large numbers of nodes and links [»feinS3_1988]
| | Quote: if show Hypertext as a directed graph have links that overlap nodes and other links [»feinS3_1988]
| | Quote: KMS does not have a graphical browser; multi-node views were available but seldom used in ZOG [»akscRM7_1988a]
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Related Topics
Group: information retrieval (25 topics, 674 quotes)
Topic: history list in hypertext (26 items)
Topic: browsing with a user interface (14 items)
Topic: controlled browsing of hypertext (16 items)
Topic: hypertext links (45 items)
Topic: information retrieval by following links (23 items)
Topic: information retrieval by searching (35 items)
Topic: outlines (16 items)
Topic: problems with disorientation in hypertext (18 items)
Topic: searching hypertext (17 items)
Topic: thesaurus and information retrieval (29 items)
Topic: World-Wide Web
(42 items)
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