From NoteCards to the web: the role of Halasz's seven issues

ABSTRACT

The issues that Frank Halasz describes in "Reflections on NoteCards" are relevant to both creating and browsing through hypermedia networks. In order to bring hypermedia out of research labs and into widespread use, it was necessary to first focus on issues related to browsing, specifically, in making information easy to find. It was also necessary to integrate computation with hypermedia in order to create worthwhile applications. Now that users are comfortable accomplishing basic tasks on the Web, there is increasing interest in developing more complex, collaborative applications. For this reason, the issues that involved authoring and support for collaborative work have new relevance today.

REFERENCES

• 1: Frank,G. Halasz, Reflections on NoteCards: seven issues for the next generation of hypermedia systems, Communications of the ACM, v.31 n.7, p.836-852, July 1988 [doi>10.1145/48511.48514]
• 2: Halasz, F. (1991). "Seven issues": Revisited(keynote address). Hypertext '91

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.4 Hypertext/Hypermedia
          Subjects: User issues

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.4 Systems and Software

          Nouns: World Wide Web (WWW)
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.2 User Interfaces (D.2.2, H.1.2, I.3.6)
          Subjects: User-centered design
      H.5.3 Group and Organization Interfaces
          Subjects: Collaborative computing

General Terms:
Design, Human Factors

Keywords:
World-Wide Web, hypermedia, usability, user interface design