Comments on: The Page as Tableau, the Mind as Visitable Place, and Collective Knowledge as Landscape

By: Bill Seitz

Bill Seitz — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 20:44:36 +0000

If a long document is structured as an outline, there are JavaScript libraries that make it easy to expand/collapse that view. But I don't think there are good cases that let you suddenly load in a new section in the middle, which you'd want for a really long web of nodes. http://webseitz.fluxent.com/wiki/NodeWebAnd I agree that a MindMap may be better.You might want to look at the mockup of JefRaskin's Zooming interface. http://rchi.raskincenter.org/demos/zoomdemo.swf

By: karin

karin — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 21:21:20 +0000

I have the same thoughts on this mindmapping constructing. For me, I prefer to use the 3d mindmapping , i.e. PersonalBrain. What’s more important to me are the links between the elements. What relationship do they have. 1. Type, 2. status: damaging, sufficient, insufficient, strong. 3. Which are the main drivers that give impulse to all of them. Lay down the mindmap on the floor, see what links are drivers for the rest. Lift them in the air and let the elements rise a little bit. See where the main drivers are positioned. Ask your self why. What elements do they touch. Is there a pattern.These are some unordered thoughts, but very important to me. They will make the difference in the world.Karin, the Netherlands

By: Jon Husband

Jon Husband — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 07:19:59 +0000

As I’ve mentioned before, the mothballed ThoughtShare (which in turn stemmed from an SFU application called Continuous Zoom Web) allowed users to build, and share, annotated linked navigable tours of content. One could zoom in from high levels, arrange the tours as wished, store pacjaged toiurs in a library, define versions, etc., etc.Provided people with the ability to create, send and receive dynamic visual maps of one’s mental neighbourhood (on a given subject, say) … all it takes is a business plan and a bit of money to knock the mothballs off