[Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst

[Janne V. Kujala]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/fenfire
Module name:    journals
Changes by:     Janne V. Kujala <address@hidden>        03/05/12 03:17:35

Modified files:
        plans          : SA_2003.rst 

Log message:
        add buoyoing fig and notes

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/fenfire/journals/plans/SA_2003.rst.diff?tr1=1.29&tr2=1.30&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: journals/plans/SA_2003.rst
diff -u journals/plans/SA_2003.rst:1.29 journals/plans/SA_2003.rst:1.30
--- journals/plans/SA_2003.rst:1.29     Mon May 12 03:15:35 2003
+++ journals/plans/SA_2003.rst  Mon May 12 03:17:34 2003
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@
 In several hypertext systems today, following a link means a *disruptive* 
change
 in the user's workflow, replacing the current context (e.g., a Web page) with 
an
 entirely different one. This is partly caused by the dominant graphical user 
interface paradigm
-(developed in the 70s at Xerox PARC; see, e.g., [kay93smalltalk]_) in which 
*pag
-es* are shown in overlapping, rectangular, unconnected viewports (windows).
+(developed in the 70s at Xerox PARC; see, e.g., [kay93smalltalk]_) in which 
*pages* are shown in overlapping, rectangular, unconnected viewports (windows).
 In this paradigm, following a link can only create a new window
 or replace the contents of the current window.
 In our opinion, this is one of the root causes of hypertext disorientation 
@@ -77,8 +76,7 @@
 in the user's workflow, replacing the current context (e.g., a Web page) with 
an
 entirely different one. 
 This is partly caused by the dominant graphical user interface paradigm
-(developed in the 70s at Xerox PARC; see, e.g., [kay93smalltalk]_) in which 
*pag
-es*
+(developed in the 70s at Xerox PARC; see, e.g., [kay93smalltalk]_) in which 
*pages*
 are shown in overlapping, rectangular, unconnected viewports (windows).
 In this paradigm, following a link can only create a new window
 or replace the contents of the current window.
@@ -87,6 +85,28 @@
 [edwards-hardman89lost-in-hyperspace]_
 [conklin87hypertext-onpage-38-40]_.
 
+.. raw:: latex
+
+   \begin{figure*}
+   \centering
+   address@hidden@address@hidden
+   a)\includegraphics[width=5cm]{../../manuscripts/xupdf/buoyframe1} & 
b)\includegraphics[width=5cm]{../../manuscripts/xupdf/buoyframe2} \\
+   c)\includegraphics[width=5cm]{../../manuscripts/xupdf/buoyframe3} & 
d)\includegraphics[width=5cm]{../../manuscripts/xupdf/buoyframe4} \\
+   e)\includegraphics[width=5cm]{../../manuscripts/xupdf/buoyframe5} & 
f)\includegraphics[width=5cm]{../../manuscripts/xupdf/buoyframe0}
+   \end{tabular}
+   \caption{
+   \label{figanim}
+   Screenshots of the BuoyOING user interface to the example structure 
described in the text.
+   a) A fisheye view of a PDF document as the focused node and a canvas 
transcluding it shown as buoy.
+   a) - d) A fluid animation sequence of the transition from the
+      PDF node to the canvas node.
+   d) A canvas view where the user can enter notes and transclude fragments
+      of PDF documents.
+   e) The same canvas zoomed and panned.
+   f) Xanalogically linked fragments of other PDF
+      documents shown as buoys on the PDF node.
+   }
+   \end{figure*}
 
 - previous activity pertaining to the scope of the topic of the
   research (list of the research team's five most important
@@ -158,7 +178,7 @@
   imagination.
   
   
-  - schedule and intermediate objectives for the research
+- schedule and intermediate objectives for the research
    
    Peer-to-Peer networking
    Usability tests
@@ -193,28 +213,36 @@
 User interfaces
 ---------------
 
-               Research on the new possibilities that a more hyperstructural
-               approach to information opens to user interfaces. Many more 
-               things can be done
-
-               Utilizing 3D hardware, which has become a commodity
-                 - more flexible focus+context views, e.g., 
-                   fisheye distortion
-                 - non-disruptive animation between views
-                  - readability problems with mip-mapped text
-
-               Research on enhancing text readability 
-                 - evaluating readability using the correlation
-                   function of the rendered text
-                 - applying the earlier experience on Monte Carlo methods, 
-                   etc.
-
-       Controllers
-
-               New ways to navigate/control information flow in the screen
-
-
-        Usability testing
+Research on the new possibilities that a more hyperstructural
+approach to information opens to user interfaces. Many more 
+things can be done
+
+Utilizing 3D hardware, which has become a commodity
+  - more flexible focus+context views, e.g., 
+    fisheye distortion
+  - non-disruptive animation between views
+  - readability problems with mip-mapped text
+
+Research on enhancing text readability 
+  - evaluating readability using the correlation
+    function of the rendered text
+  - applying the earlier experience on Monte Carlo methods, 
+    etc.
+
+Controllers
+
+  New ways to navigate/control information flow in the screen
+
+  Built cheaply from commodity components (a standard optomechanical
+  mouse and LEGO bricks)
+
+Usability testing
+
+  - fillets more general testing
+  - paper distributions (color, etc.)
+  - irregu?
+  - controllers
+  - "stress-testing"?
 
 
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