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Fluid links for informed and incremental hypertext browsing

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Polle T. Zellweger,

Bay Wei Chang,

Jock D. MackinlayAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '99: CHI '99 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/632716.632722

Published: 15 May 1999 Publication History

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This paper and video present a novel user interface technique for hypertext, called fluid links, that has several advantages over current methods. Fluid links provide additional information at a link source, termed a gloss, to support readers in choosing among links and understanding the structure of a hypertext. Fluid links present glosses in a convenient location that does not obscure the content or layout of source material. The technique uses perceptually-based animation to provide a natural and lightweight feeling to readers. Fluid links provide a novel hypertext navigation paradigm that blurs the boundary between source and destination: computed glosses supply a "bring from" approach to hypertext, while multi-way links and nested glosses allow readers to skip through intermediate nodes while still attending to their original source context.

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Zellweger PBouvin NJehøj HMackinlay JGrønbæk KDavis HDouglas Y(2001)Fluid annotations in an open worldProceedings of the 12th ACM conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia10.1145/504216.504224(9-18)Online publication date: 10-Sep-2001
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CHI EA '99: CHI '99 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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DOI:10.1145/632716

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Atzenbeck CBernstein MAl-Shafey MMason SStumme GHotho A(2013)TouchStoryProceedings of the 24th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media10.1145/2481492.2481515(189-195)Online publication date: 1-May-2013
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Zellweger PBouvin NJehøj HMackinlay JGrønbæk KDavis HDouglas Y(2001)Fluid annotations in an open worldProceedings of the 12th ACM conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia10.1145/504216.504224(9-18)Online publication date: 10-Sep-2001
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Zellweger PRegli SMackinlay JChang BTurner TSzwillus G(2000)The impact of fluid documents on reading and browsingProceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/332040.332440(249-256)Online publication date: 1-Apr-2000
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/332040.332440

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