Organizing Web Information

[Wilfred [Bill] Drew]

Bill Crosbie wrote:

> Another wrinkle in a similar vein....
> 
> Sites will be evolving to the point where each user sees a different page
> that is dynamically assembled from a database of information in the
> background.  This database can house a very diverse set of topics, or even a
> broad spectrum within a more limited field of study.  The point in question
> is - how do you catalog something that appears differently (perhaps
> radically differently) depending on which individual is viewing the material?

Such sites already exist.  Look at http://my.yahoo.com or the personal
front page at
http://www.msnbc.com.   Each is customizable by the viewer.  Each site
"remembers"
your preferences.  The netscape homepage also offers a similar feature
where the page is generated on the fly by preferences stored in
netscape's ini file.
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