Reflections on "Seven Issues": hypertext in the era of the web

ABSTRACT

Frank Halasz revisits his papers "Reflections on NoteCards: Seven Issues for the Next Generation of Hypermedia Systems" and "Seven Issues: Revisited" from a Web perspective. His goal is to better understand how the Web has shaped and often overshadowed how we look at the tremendous possibilities of hypertext.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.7 DOCUMENT AND TEXT PROCESSING
      I.7.2 Document Preparation
          Subjects: Hypertext/hypermedia

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)
      H.5.4 Hypertext/Hypermedia

General Terms:
Design, Human Factors

Keywords:
World-Wide Web, hypertext/hypermedia, user interface design