Group:
hypertext
Group:
user interface for hypertext
Topic:
arrow-jump keys for a UserInterface
Topic:
choice points for a user interface
Topic:
dial as a user interface
Topic:
display of hypertext links
Topic:
hypertext browser
Topic:
hypertext links
Topic:
hypertext nodes made of names
Topic:
information retrieval by cross reference
Topic:
information retrieval by searching
Topic:
information retrieval by topic
Topic:
menus for a UserInterface
Topic:
text trails through hypertext
Topic:
Thesa's user interface
Topic:
thesaurus and information retrieval
Topic:
recognition
Topic:
using keywords to search hypertext
ThesaHelp:
how to find everything relevant to some topic or question
ThesaHelp:
why does directed search succeed for Thesa
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Summary
Links support a browsing style of information retrieval. Links connect topics into neighborhoods of related material. The Web and hypertext are examples of richly linked structures.
Links should describe their destination. Following a link should be quick. (cbb 10/07)
Subtopic: links are needed 
| Quote: can organize navigable structures by similarity; but all similarity is local without good-residue of things far away [»furnGW3_1997]
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Subtopic: browsing hypertext links
| Quote: Hypertext browsed by following links, searching for keyword, or graphical browser [»conkJ9_1987]
| | Quote: Hypertext as independent, unstructured documents or as semantic links for graph-traversal; pattern-matching vs. browsing [»frisME7_1988]
| | Quote: Hypertext links is a database method different from queries [»conkJ9_1987]
| | Quote: DocumentExaminer adds links to a list of current topics; follow a link by going to the list [»conkJ9_1987]
| | Quote: the primary activity in a web browser is navigating via anchors; use of the hotlist and history list remain infrequent [»tausL7_1997]
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Subtopic: fast link following
| Quote: KMS users navigate by pointing at items linked to another frame; takes half a second [»akscRM7_1988a]
| | Quote: fast link following is the most important parameter for Hypertext; goal is quarter second; twentieth second is too fast [»akscRM7_1988a]
| | Quote: embedded links produced better performance and higher satisfaction over menus at end of article [»shneB8_1987]
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Subtopic: navigation of data
| Quote: navigation is the primary means for accessing information in NoteCards [»halaFG4_1987]
| | Quote: availability of direct access storage device changed viewpoint from stationary viewer of data on magnetic tape to explorer of data in database [»bachCW11_1973]
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Subtopic: links by content or link description
| Quote: query-initiated browsing -- locally navigate within a neighborhood; allows for localized similarity [»furnGW3_1997]
| | Quote: conversational Hypertext by matching questions against link descriptions [»whalT5_1989]
| | Quote: parse template matches if characters and wild-cards match; repeats match with previous paragraphs and matched paragraphs [»whalT5_1989]
| | Quote: a Xanadu request consists of home-set, from-set, to-set, three-set that describe links [»nelsTH_1987]
| | Quote: a Xanadu link satisfies a link request if it matches each endset [»nelsTH_1987]
| | Quote: ScentTrails allowed simultaneous use of browsing cues and search cues; e.g., find a copier with recyclable toner [»olstC9_2003]
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Subtopic: links as include
| Quote: Guide replacement-button for inserting referenced text [»browPJ11_1987]
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Subtopic: link hierarchy
| Quote: Answer Garden uses a branching network of diagnostic questions written by experts; the leaves are questions that people have asked [»ackeMS_1990]
| | Quote: use creator as the accurate path name to a file; avoids problems with mounts and symbolic links [»pikeR6_2000]
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Subtopic: problems with links
| Quote: rapid searching and dynamic fragmentation reduces the need for explicit links [»raymDR7_1988]
| | Quote: the subject similarity among pairs of cited and citing documents is frequently small; they share only one or two topics of the many topics covered by either document [»hartSP10_1993]
| Quote: most Hyperties subjects used an index when asked to make an efficient search
[»marcG1_1988]
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Related Topics
Group: hypertext (44 topics, 786 quotes)
Group: user interface for hypertext (5 topics, 110 quotes)
Topic: arrow-jump keys for a UserInterface (5 items)
Topic: choice points for a user interface (4 items)
Topic: dial as a user interface (4 items)
Topic: display of hypertext links (15 items)
Topic: hypertext browser (23 items)
Topic: hypertext links (45 items)
Topic: hypertext nodes made of names (13 items)
Topic: information retrieval by cross reference (7 items)
Topic: information retrieval by searching (35 items)
Topic: information retrieval by topic (16 items)
Topic: menus for a UserInterface (31 items)
Topic: text trails through hypertext (17 items)
Topic: Thesa's user interface (8 items)
Topic: thesaurus and information retrieval (29 items)
Topic: recognition (50 items)
Topic: using keywords to search hypertext (26 items)
ThesaHelp: how to find everything relevant to some topic or question
ThesaHelp: why does directed search succeed for Thesa
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