[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/FutureVision vision.rst

[Benja Fallenstein]

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Changes by:     Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden>      03/09/17 20:42:16

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        FutureVision   : vision.rst 

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diff -u manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst:1.29 
manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst:1.30
--- manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst:1.29    Wed Sep 17 20:27:29 2003
+++ manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst Wed Sep 17 20:42:16 2003
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@
 
 The item we are currently looking at
 is shown in the middle, related items are shown
-around it [#notalldimensions]_. Items further away 
+around it [#fig1note]_. Items further away 
 fade into the background. Clicking
-on a far-away item will bring it to the center [#fig1note]_.
+on a far-away item will bring it to the center.
 
-Thus, **related items are always near each other** [#not2d]_.
+Thus, **related items are always near each other**.
 
 This allows you **see the information** you entered 
 **in different contexts** than the one you entered it in; 
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@
 This may sometimes be expected functionality, 
 and sometimes the basis for delightfully unexpected revelations. [XXX]
 
+(You may not always want to see all types of information,
+though. For example, when composing e-mail to the attendants 
+of a meeting, you probably don't need to know the attendants' 
+birthdays.)
+
 
 
 
@@ -392,20 +397,10 @@
 Notes
 =====
 
-.. [#notalldimensions] In fact, usually only a user-selected set
-   of relationship types is shown at any particular time.
-   This way, the information shown is that relevant to the
-   task at hand.
-
-   For example, when composing e-mail to the attendants of a meeting,
-   the attendants' birthdays are very likely unimportant to us
-   at that time. Deselecting "birthday" in a list of property types
-   hides that information.
-
 .. [#fig1note] This visualization has parallels in
    focus+context and hyperbolic tree views [XXXref].
 
-.. [#not2d] No attempt is made at presenting the whole graph
+   No attempt is made at presenting the whole graph
    in a two-dimensional layout, or at avoiding overlapping lines,
    as many graph-layout algorithms do. We simply show the current
    items in the center, the linked items on an ellipse around
@@ -416,6 +411,7 @@
    in the foreground, we hope that this view will not
    cause disorientation. However, we have not done any
    user-testing, yet.
+
 
 
 (XXX Link to text)