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41      Spatial canvases might be nice but might be too much work.      Spatial canvases might be nice but might be too much work.
42    
43    - What to call xupdf? We need some name for the view & structure demonstrated here.
44      Gzz is much more than this, but xupdf is not necessarily ideal ;)
45    
46  - why left-right, why not some other set of directions?  - why left-right, why not some other set of directions?
47    
48  Abstract  Abstract
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61  Introduction  Introduction
62  ============  ============
63    
64    Modern graphics accelerators enable, even on commodity hardware,
65    several visual effects that were only possible 5 years ago on expensive
66    graphics workstations.
67    It is time to re-examine the...
68    
69  In many hypertext systems today, following a link means a disruptive change  In many hypertext systems today, following a link means a disruptive change
70  in the user's workflow, replacing the current context with an  in the user's workflow, replacing the current context with an
71  entirely different one.  entirely different one.
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135      -- actually, not sure about stuff the user entered.      -- actually, not sure about stuff the user entered.
136      Certain about stuff the user circled/underlined/highlighted, though.      Certain about stuff the user circled/underlined/highlighted, though.
137      "Each annotation generates a query."      "Each annotation generates a query."
138    
139    - Goal: "[A] modeless link *suggestion* mechanism" (emphasis mine).    - Goal: "[A] modeless link *suggestion* mechanism" (emphasis mine).
140    
141    - Bad assumption in XLibris: "Although hypertext was designed    - Bad assumption in XLibris: "Although hypertext was designed
142      to address some of these problems [quickly jumping to related docs],      to address some of these problems [quickly jumping to related docs],
143      authors cannot anticipate the information needs of all readers." [schilit98digital]      authors cannot anticipate the information needs of all readers." [schilit98digital]
144      Therefore, *the readers must make the links*! (Or be able to.)      Therefore, *the readers must make the links*! (Or be able to.)
145      (Should be able to find this point somewhere.)      (Should be able to find this point somewhere.)
146    
 - pad++ browser: shows linked docs next to it  
   
147  - Hypercept: [#milgram99hypercept]_  - Hypercept: [#milgram99hypercept]_
148    
149    
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151    transpointing windows [1979] are not about showing a set of links,    transpointing windows [1979] are not about showing a set of links,
152    but also represent connections crosscutting the view hierarchy.    but also represent connections crosscutting the view hierarchy.
153        
154    Known implementations to date:    Known prototype implementations to date:
155    
156    - Southhampton transpointing windows demo    - Southhampton transpointing windows demo
157    - Nile    - Nile
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161      existing view systems, but tricked its way around it)      existing view systems, but tricked its way around it)
162    
163    
164  Modern graphics accelerators enable, even on commodity hardware,  - pad++ browser: shows linked docs next to it
165  several visual effects that were only possible 5 years ago on expensive  
166  graphics workstations.  
167  It is time to re-examine the...  In this article, we take the ideas seen in the above references
168    a step further, by
169    
170    
171  In this article, we ask what could be gained by using  In this article, we ask what could be gained by using

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