[Sigia-l] Liquid browsing

[Jonathan Baker-Bates]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sigia-l-bounces at asis.org 
> [mailto:sigia-l-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf Of 
> kate.simpson at freshfields.com
> Sent: 05 July 2006 14:26
> To: sigia-l at asis.org
> Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] Liquid browsing
> 
> I didn't get it either: it could do with the website needing 
> to be parsed over a 
> good-editor-stroke-marketing-copy-editor's desk to help 
> explain what, why & how a little more clearly? 'tho I think 
> you're right Seth - I may well be of the solid browsing 
> generation... or perhaps just need it in my hands to play 
> with for a bit before I can see the point of it?
> 
> Kate
> 
> 
> Seth wrote:
> 
> 
> Belongs to the "looks cool, don't get it" family of UI's.  
> Perhaps our grand kids will say "can you believe they used to 
> use solid browsing in the old days?"

"first empirical studies show, that L2DSS can improve knowledge
browsing efficiency greatly and can be used in a wide range of
applications (like file systems, media libraries, map browsing,
email"

I can't find any further reference to these studies - you'd think they'd
at least cite them. How did they do them? What does "improve" mean here?
All seems a bit odd.

Also, looking a the video section titled "Interaction transparent
spaces" - does that not strike you as a candidate for the most annoying
and error-prone feature ever in the history of HCI? Are they trying to
make mode errors a fashionable accessory or what? 

Jonathan


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