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Article #1134Re: replacing the desktop metaphor (How about maps?)
From: Jonathan Krueger
Date: Sun, 01 Jan 1989 02:21
Date: Sun, 01 Jan 1989 02:21
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In article <851@mtfmi.att.com>, mel@mtfmi (M.HAAS) writes: >Would it be worthwhile to investigate mapping techniques, notations, >names, and symbols for the user interface to computer systems? See Edward Tufte: The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Good displays are well understood, and by Tufte, well described. It doesn't matter whether they're on screens or paper. What matters is what they show us that wouldn't be as clear from other kinds of presentation, such as verbal or tabular. -- Jon --
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!uwvax!tank!mimsy!eneevax!haven!vrdxhq!daitc!jkrueger@daitc.daitc.mil From: jkrueger@daitc.daitc.mil (Jonathan Krueger) Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc,comp.sys.next,comp.sys.mac,comp.cog-eng Subject: Re: replacing the desktop metaphor (How about maps?) Keywords: metaphor, user interfaces, computing environments, maps Message-ID: <267@daitc.daitc.mil> Date: 1 Jan 89 02:21:05 GMT References: <850@mtfmi.att.com>, <673@cogsci.ucsd.EDU> <851@mtfmi.att.com> Sender: jkrueger@daitc.daitc.mil Reply-To: jkrueger@daitc.daitc.mil (Jonathan Krueger) Followup-To: comp.windows.misc Organization: Defense Applied Information Technology Center Lines: 14 In-reply-to: mel@mtfmi.att.com (M.HAAS)