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19  This is a rough script for a presentation about our research group's work. <br>  This is a rough script for a presentation about our research group's work. <br>
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34          <td valign="top"><small><br>
35          </small></td>
36          <td valign="top"><small>Gzz version timeline<br>
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44          <td valign="top">Before I start to tell you about our technology, let me explain our current status.<br>
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46          <td valign="top">There have been a lot of releases, the last "stable"
47    one being 0.6. However, 0.6 is not yet usable for real work, it's still proof-of-concept.<br>
48          </td>
49          <td valign="top">After 0.6, the system has been <b>completely</b> redesigned from a more solid ground.<br>
50          </td>
51          <td valign="top">In the process, we have had several difficulties combining
52    our research and software engineering activities. With version 0.8alpha1,
53    I think we're finally starting to strike the right balance.<br>
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87          <td valign="top">The things I'm about to show you are research, user-interface-wise,
88    and software engineering on the structure side (since we think we now have
89    that side pretty much in control.)<br>
90          </td>
91          <td valign="top">One really important thing is that we're not cheating.
92    These are not mockups. It's all real and possible to use. And the code is
93    publically available from our CVS repository.<br>
94          <br>
95    This <b>doesn't</b> mean that it's ready for production use. Most of it is not. Making production-level software takes a lot of polishing.<br>
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160        <td valign="top">Lots of PDF files, hard to keep track<br>        <td valign="top">Anyway,
161    let's start with this. A PDF article from somewhere on the net. Information
162    workers like me get Lots of PDF files, hard to keep track<br>
163        </td>        </td>
164        <td valign="top">Easier if printed on fancy paper (even virtual)<br>        <td valign="top">Easier if printed on fancy paper (even virtual)<br>
165        </td>        </td>
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168        <td valign="top">Even easier using distortion-oriented views. <small>I        <td valign="top">Even easier using distortion-oriented views. <small>I
169  must stress that distorting the view like this is NOT our invention - several  must stress that distorting the view like this is NOT our invention - several
170  research groups have been working on such ideas. It only took us a day to  research groups have been working on such ideas. It only took us a day to
171  implement it and it *does* make it easier to read the text.</small><br>  implement it and it *does* make it easier to read the text.</small> What, your browser and PDF viewer doesn't let you do that? ;) ;)<br>
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540        <td valign="top"><br>        <td valign="top">NADIR?<br>
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690        <td valign="top">This actually seems to be one of the most difficult        <td valign="top">This actually seems to be one of the most difficult
691  things for people starting with computers to get used to: the limited structure,  things for people starting with computers to get used to: the limited structure,
692  making it difficult to find things.<br>  making it difficult to find things. They get lost easily.<br>
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733  both related to subject X If you're the author of one of them, you can explicitly  both related to subject X If you're the author of one of them, you can explicitly
734  add a "hyperlink". But it only works one way.<br>  add a "hyperlink". But it only works one way.<br>
735        </td>        </td>
736        <td valign="top">However, there's no fundamental reason why you couldn't say "remember the connection" except that the systems' most fundamental parts were designed with computers, not humans in mind.<br>        <td valign="top">However,
737    there's no fundamental reason why you couldn't say "remember the connection"
738    except that the systems' most fundamental parts were designed with computers,
739    not humans in mind.<br>
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777        <td valign="top">Relational databases ...<br>        <td valign="top">To explain the word "hyperstructure": think about
778    a bookshelf. You can choose to put two related books next to each other.
779    This is the normal spatial structure. Now, after you've arranged all the
780    books in a logical order, you are reading a book and remember "ah, this reminds
781    me of something in that book... where is it now"<br>
782          </td>
783          <td valign="top">Unfortunately, it's in a different part of the bookshelf.
784    You can put a piece of paper to refer there but that's not fun. But with
785    computers, we don't need to be confined like this. It's difficult to visualize
786    but we can at the same time leave all the books in their current locations
787    AND additionally put the two books next to each other.<br>
788          </td>
789          <td valign="top">This is the important thing that Ted Nelson and Douglas
790    Engelbart realized in the 1960s, based on Vannevar Bush's earlier visions.
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837          <td valign="top">Relational databases ...<br>
838          </td>
839          <td valign="top">However,
840    the relational model, although useful in many contexts, is still limited.
841    It's difficult or impossible to express relationships that were not thought
842    of by the database model designer.<br>
843          <br>
844    And indeed, the relational model is designed for machines: accounting, sending checks etc.<br>
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