15 ;;Quote: even if can program a system to answer questions, often simpler to display all the information in a table or graph

44 ;;Quote: hypertext is non-sequential writing, like the structure of ideas; writing is sequential because of speech and books

44 ;;Quote: with computers, totally arbitrary structures are possible; don't have to be in sequence

44 ;;Quote: civilization depends on common access to a shared heritage; like reading everything written

45 ;;Quote: all structures and hierarchies are totally arbitrary

46 ;;Quote: just as a brickified pencil makes writing difficult, so does our inflexible systems of paper

47 ;;Quote: hypertext consists of text segments of any length with links signaled by asterisks; zapping an asterisk takes you there

48 ;;Quote: the mechanisms of scholarship, arts, transactions are based on physical objects that can't slide, fold, shrink, or become transparent

48 ;;Quote: initially a highway is fictitious, just signs and a map; with time, becomes a conceptual entity

49 ;;Quote: extraordinary ability to unify things; e.g., clutch, gear, accelerator, brake

52 ;;Quote: complicated systems must be easy to use; systems can be powerful and simple at the same time

53 ;;Quote: derivative text motion--two windows such that one window moves according to the other window, e.g., table of contents and text

58 ;;Quote: what matters is the nature of ideas; they will always be hard to develop, organize, and transmit

58 ;;Quote: hypertext can be a vast tapestry of information, as easy to explore as driving a car

58 ;;Quote: a system is too complicated if it can't be taught to a layman in ten minutes

58 ;;Quote: text should slide on the screen to help you understand where you've been and where you're going; like turning pages on a book

58 ;;Quote: should be able to link or annotate anything

58 ;;Quote: users must be able to build anthologies as desired; the links in an anthology must be separately transportable

58 ;;Quote: step-out windowing in a hypertext returns a quotation in an anthology to its original context

58 ;;Quote: a hypertext needs a fiducial system to tell which version is authentic; must avoid dangers of rewriting history or doctoring documents