1107 |
general was |
general was |
1108 |
more popular with semantic networks in the late '80s, for |
more popular with semantic networks in the late '80s, for |
1109 |
example in the Cyc |
example in the Cyc |
1110 |
SemNet (XXXCite) |
SemNet (`Fairchild et al 1988`_) |
1111 |
projects, which allowed the user |
projects, which allowed the user |
1112 |
to navigate through the graph locally, with one node as the *focus*, |
to navigate through the graph locally, with one node as the *focus*, |
1113 |
and showing the neighbouring nodes as context. |
and showing the neighbouring nodes as context. |
1123 |
presented in this article and the ones for example shown in |
presented in this article and the ones for example shown in |
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(`Utting and Yankelovich 1989`_) is that icons are not used |
(`Utting and Yankelovich 1989`_) is that icons are not used |
1125 |
to represent the neighborhood of an item or a document. |
to represent the neighborhood of an item or a document. |
1126 |
In FenPDF, the academic articles are never represented by |
In FenPDF, the articles and the canvases are never represented by |
1127 |
anything other than their image - no file icon, no title |
anything other than their image - no file icon, no title |
1128 |
but just the text image itself. With the unique backgrounds, which |
but just the text image itself. With the unique backgrounds, which |
1129 |
allow the user to recognize fragments from articles they |
allow the user to recognize fragments from articles they |
1130 |
know well, this |
know well, this |
1131 |
yields in our experience an extremely comfortable system to use, |
yields in our experience an extremely comfortable system to use, |
1132 |
avoiding the representational complexity of the icons. |
avoiding the level of indirection inherent in the icons. |
1133 |
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This is made possible by the huge advances in the power |
1134 |
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of OpenGL graphics systems. |
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