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using a computer as a communication/information medium
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non-constraining system
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hypertext as external memory
Topic:
language flexibility
Topic:
demonstrating systems
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undoing actions in a UserInterface
Topic:
shared information for collaborative work
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intertextuality and hypertext
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writing
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problems with writing hypertext
Topic:
controlled browsing of hypertext
Topic:
history list in hypertext
Topic:
hypertext browser
Topic:
information retrieval with an index
Topic:
hypertext as unstructured information
Topic:
goto statement
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problems with hypertext
Topic:
knowledge as interrelated facts
Topic:
computer as an intelligent agent
Topic:
multiple views for a user interface
Topic:
mental models, consistency, and interface metaphors
Topic:
problem of screen size

Reference

van Dam, A., "Hypertext '87 keynote address", Communications of the ACM, 31, 7, July 1988, pp. 887-895. Google

Quotations
889 ;;Quote: Hypertext is clay
890 ;;Quote: in giving a demonstration, should use progressive disclosure; use overlays to reveal only five editing buttons
891 ;;Quote: FRESS may be the first system with undo; it was the most popular feature
891 ;;Quote: indefinite undo and redo is the most important feature of a system
891 ;;Quote: used Intermedia to teach poem by progressive disclosure; including comments by other students and teachers
891+ ;;Quote: students loved using Intermedia as communal text for understanding a poem
892 ;;Quote: little evidence for the helpfullness of Hypertext trails
892 ;;Quote: keywords in the Document Presentation System control display of different parts of a page
892+ ;;Quote: Document Presentation System controls display sequencing by a finite state machine
893 ;;Quote: Document Presentation System had a time line giving all previous states
893 ;;Quote: the neighbors display in Document Presentation System shows all preceding and succeeding nodes
893 ;;Quote: used page miniatures for visual index color-coded by chapter
894 ;;Quote: Hypertext is links (i.e., goto's) and some hierarchy -- too unstructured
894 ;;Quote: associations is not enough: need searching by semantics, need derived information
895 ;;Quote: don't metaphor me in; interaction requires multiple views
895 ;;Quote: try looking at a newspaper through a Mac screen; it's restricting


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