[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/FutureVision vision.rst document-co...

[Benja Fallenstein]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/gzz
Module name:    manuscripts
Branch:         
Changes by:     Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden>      03/09/18 00:39:38

Modified files:
        FutureVision   : vision.rst 
Added files:
        FutureVision   : document-connections.dia 

Log message:
        mock-up of e-mail, woven into system

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/FutureVision/document-connections.dia?rev=1.1
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst.diff?tr1=1.33&tr2=1.34&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst
diff -u manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst:1.33 
manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst:1.34
--- manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst:1.33    Wed Sep 17 22:25:01 2003
+++ manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst Thu Sep 18 00:39:38 2003
@@ -73,8 +73,23 @@
 you notice that you once had an idea about how to develop one
 of your characters, which you had forgotten about [#novel-planning-example]_.
 
-We propose to build a whole computing environment organized
-around this concept. XXX
+We propose to **build a whole computing environment**
+around this concept, organizing information around items,
+rather than files on a desktop. 
+
+
+Instead of having separate 
+applications, we would have **views** for specific kinds of
+information, which would be seamlessly integrated into the system.
+
+For example, a historian might 
+
+Documents and emails would be items,
+connected to other items they relate to, for example the
+meetings they propose or the problems that they solve.
+
+.. figure:: document-connections.gen.png
+
 
 
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