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Re: 16 (Re: Infrastructural complexity.)
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Thomas Lord |
Subject: |
Re: 16 (Re: Infrastructural complexity.) |
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Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:09:22 -0700 |
[Last obscure post in this round.]
If you want to get fancy, then looking
at the template:
_______
|_|_|_| template
|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|
You could say that there are 8 control panel
frames around the main edit frame rather than
just four. The combinatorics expressed by the
NSSS/NSEW notation have to be replaced with
something slightly more complex but its still
a simple boolean logic structure.
And, while in the description so far I've
insisted on not nesting frames more than one
layer deep really, you could have a kind
"theory of relativity" in which each of peripheral
"control panel" frames had it's own surrounding set
of 8 subordinate frames -- all "frames of
reference" (pun intended) look the same in that regard.
That gives you nested pie menus as a unifying metaphor.
A numeric keypad makes for a fine navigational
tool for an "every frame is surrounded by eight
control panels" system. If mouse driven, it's
basically a "pie menu" configuration.
"You are not expected to understand this [most of
you, anyway]." -- early unix kernel silliness.
-t
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- Re: Infrastructural complexity., Lennart Borgman, 2009/07/19
- Re: Infrastructural complexity., Richard Stallman, 2009/07/19
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- Re: Infrastructural complexity., Lennart Borgman, 2009/07/18
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