[Sigia-l] Liquid browsing

[Skot Nelson]

On Jul-5-2006, at 9:55 AM, Byron wrote:

> Seems far more limited in it's ability do deliver useful  
> information at a glance than a simple list or gallery of thumbnails  
> could..

I gather the model here is a handheld with limited screen space. It  
may be that there were some limitations imposed by that. (Not  
necessarily an excuse, and I don't fundamentally disagree with the  
point.)

I always thought Hyperbolic Browsing would be the Next Big Thing. The  
liquid nature of this display would fit well (and has been  
implemented to some extent) while the hyperbolic nature would retain  
some semblance of hierarchy.

I haven't yet seen a non-hierarchichal attempt at interface design  
that's seemed to fully work. I do think that introducing some  
liquidity to the hierarchy is A Good Thing (smart folders in Apple's  
mail are an example of what I mean by this, although a fairly simple  
one.)
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