Brian Kelly wrote:
> From: Brian Kelly <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 11:07:23 +0000 (GMT)
> Subject: Re: Experimental eLib fly-thru
> To: Cliff McKnight <[log in to unmask]>
> Cc: [log in to unmask]
>
>
> On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, Cliff McKnight wrote:
>
> > Andy,
> > Very interesting -- my navigation lectures will never be the same
again!
> >
> > One small side-effect on my Mac (LC475, System 7.1) was that the
UKOLN
> > URL got written to the menu bar and the system font got mangled so
all
> > the menu bar and menus went small and distorted, but a re-boot
sorted
> > that out.
>
>
> Works fine on my PC :-)
>
> > I can't wait to explore some other sites - there's some great
human factors
> > research waiting to be done here...
> >
> > Cliff
>
> I mentioned HotSauce in a talk on metadata I gave yesterday at the
OMNI
> Seminar. I described using HotSauce as like watching Star Trek,
seeing
> metadata fly past rather than stars. I was asked later what the
point of
> graphical visualisation of metadata was. I suggested that a 3D
> user inteface could provide a more usable user inteface (and
compared the
> 2D desktop metaphor we are familiar with with the command line
interface
> we used to have). I also suggested that extra clues could be
provided
> by the use of colours, say, rather than textual descriptions.
>
> However I still haven't got a clear idea of the benefits of software
such
> as HotSauce. Any suggestions on the benefits of such interfaces?
If the links between the METADATA terms carried a 'degree of
relevance' with other terms / entries then such an interface could
offer users the opportunity to find material 'related' that which they
are seeking in such a way as it may be usefull. This could yeild a
sory of visual 'more like this' query. Users often dont expore
services or systems becuase they think 'there's nothing relevant to me
in there' wheras perhaps a graphical space in which they can roam may
well bring other information sources literally into their 'field of
view'.
Any good ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Brian
>
<Mark>
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