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references a-b
Topic:
information retrieval by location
Topic:
desktop metaphor for user interfaces
Topic:
memory
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spatial metaphor in user interfaces
Topic:
multiple views for a user interface
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other pointing devices
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using annotations in hypertext
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shared information for collaborative work
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voice and sound as a user interface

Reference

Bolt, R.A., "Spatial Data-Management", Cambridge, Massachusetts, MIT Press, 1979. Google

Quotations
6 ;;Quote: in spatial data-management, access data by location instead of by name; like retrieving a book from a home library
6 ;;Quote: a person's desk is organized spatially; mental image of the desk's layout and motor memory of where things are
7 ;;Quote: when arguing a topic in front of a blackboard, will refer to diagrams and equations by location, even long after they're erased
7 ;;Quote: when looking up a word beginning with 'R', we open the book at about R from the beginning
8 ;;Quote: Simonides memorized long recitations by mentally walking about a temple and talking to statues
13 ;;Quote: SDMS's Dataland shown via a small, world view monitor, and a ten-foot enlarged image of a small subsector
16 ;;Quote: a SDMS user can go directly to a subsector by touching the world view monitor
22 ;;Quote: SDMS provides joysticks for positioning Dataland and for zoom control
48 ;;Quote: SDMS provides 'transparent ink' for annotating Dataland without obliterating the overwritten material
48 ;;Quote: SDMS provides voice annotation of Dataland using an anchorpoint and critical range
53 ;;Quote: SDMS provides sufficient sense of space to activate humans spatial organization capabilities; but it is not a confusing 3-d simulation
55 ;;Quote: novice users learn Dataland navigation via a joystick in less than a minute
55 ;;Quote: found sound enhanced navigation in Dataland; provided guidance, orientation, and redundancy; noticed when it was broken


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ThesaHelp: references a-b (396 items)
Topic: information retrieval by location (21 items)
Topic: desktop metaphor for user interfaces (18 items)
Topic: memory (12 items)
Topic: spatial metaphor in user interfaces (33 items)
Topic: multiple views for a user interface (26 items)
Topic: other pointing devices (15 items)
Topic: using annotations in hypertext (13 items)
Topic: shared information for collaborative work (35 items)
Topic: voice and sound as a user interface (26 items)

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