[WEB4LIB] Re: "Search the Web Like a Map" article

[Jerry Kuntz]

OK, I'll bite...
These visualization navigation tools have been popping up and disappearing almost since the Web started, but none has gained popularity. Doesn't that suggest that graphical representations (beyond simple outlines and menus) of semantic concepts aren't very intuitive?

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "gary price" <gprice at gwu.edu>
Reply-To: gprice at gwu.edu
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 18:01:44 -0700 (PDT)

>Here are a few more visualization resources, demos, add-on tools, etc.
>
>1) InXight Star Tree (demos)
>http://startree.inxight.com/gallery/
>
>2) Map Planet
>http://www.mapplanet.com
>
>3) Girafa
>http://www.girafa.com
>
>4) ThinkMap
>http://www.thinkmap.com
>Demos at: http://www.thinkmap.com/projects
>
>5) Plumb Design Thesaurus (uses ThinkMap technology)
>http://www.visualthesaurus.com/
>
>
>cheers,
>gary
>
>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Lee Jaffe" <ldjaffe at cats.ucsc.edu>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
>Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 8:20 PM
>Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: "Search the Web Like a Map" article
>
>
>>
>> I didn't see any reference in the article below to WebBrain, so
>> I thought others may be interested in taking a look at this very
>> graphical approach to a Web directory.  (Reminds me of the
>> SciFi Channel station breaks.)
>>
>> http://www.thebrain.com/
>>
>> -- Lee Jaffe, UC Santa Cruz
>>
>>
>><http://websearch.about.com/internet/websearch/library/weekly/aa061801a.htm
>>
>> >
>> >Web4Libbers,
>> >
>> >Here's an article from about.com concerning searching and visualizing the
>> >internet. It's got some pretty interesting links in it. Thought this
>> >would be of
>> >interest.
>>
>
>

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Jerry Kuntz
Electronic Resources Consultant
Ramapo Catskill Library System
jkuntz at rcls.org
Author, KidsClick! Web Searching Skills Guide, http://www.neal-schuman.com/db/3/173.html
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