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(There may be more than one view available for the same item. |
(There may be more than one view available for the same item. |
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The user can choose between alternative views through a menu.) |
The user can choose between alternative views through a menu.) |
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A user would be able to **choose the views appropriate for the |
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task at hand**, which may come **from different sources**. |
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The historian's map and timeline views may have been developed |
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independently, for completely different purposes, and it may |
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have been the user who re-purposed them for their work. |
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(For convenience, the user may create menus and choose |
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view defaults for each task, providing quick access |
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to the functionality needed for this task.) |
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Instead of forcing the user to think in applications, |
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such a system lends itself to be structured around |
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the user's tasks. Nelson [XXXfwref] uses the term |
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**applitude** for such a "[zone] of functionality." |
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An applitude is not "walled off" from the rest of the |
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system; when information from a different applitude |
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is needed, it is always available. |
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Items are **not owned |
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by any single applitude**: When you need to connect |
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information to an item that doesn't fit into the |
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current applitude, you can always do so by creating |
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a new type of relationship. Items **may have roles |
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in more than one applitude**; for example, a person |
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may exist both in our scheduling applitude, and |
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the address book we use when writing e-mail. |
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Such an environment would not only help us structure the |
Such an environment would not only help us structure the |
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information we already store in our computers, it may also |
information we already store in our computers, it may also |
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help us to **organize our thoughts**. |
help us to **organize our thoughts**. |