Multimedia and Hypertext
The Internet and Beyond
By- Jakob Nielsen, Nielsen Norman Group, Fremont, CA, U.S.A.
Based on his best-selling HyperText and HpyerMedia, Jakob Nielsen takes hypertext a step further--to the Internet. Multimedia and Hypertext: The Internet and Beyond explores new and developing applications in multimedia and hypertext as well as offering coverage of the use of HTML (hypertext markup language) and the World Wide Web with interfaces such as Mosaic and Netscape.
Paperback, 480 Pages
Published: February 1995
Imprint: Morgan Kaufmann
ISBN: 978-0-12-518408-3
Contents
- Preface
- A Multitude of Hypertext and Multimedia
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1: Defining Hypertext, Hypermedia, and Multimedia
- Narrower Definitions of Hypertext
- Hypermedia: Multimedia Hypertext
- Hypertext and Regular Computer Applications
- The Hype about Hypertext
- Chapter 2: An Example of a Hypertext System
- Chapter 3: The History of Hypertext
- Memex (1945)
- Augment/NLS (1962-1976)
- Xanadu (1965)
- Hypertext Editing System (1967) and FRESS (1968)
- Aspen Movie Map (1978)
- KMS (1983)
- Hyperties (1983)
- NoteCards (1985)
- Symbolics Document Examiner (1985)
- Intermedia (1985)
- Guide (1986)
- HyperCard (1987)
- Hypertext Grows Up
- Chapter 4: Applications of Hypertext
- Computer Applications
- Business Applications
- Intellectual Applications
- Educational Applications
- Entertainment and Leisure Applications
- Chapter 5: The Architecture of Hypertext Systems
- Nodes
- Links
- Hypertext Engines
- Open Hypertext
- Integrating Hypertext Ideas into Other Environments
- Chapter 6: Hardware Support for Hypertext
- Problems with the Computer Screen
- Pointing Devices
- Can Text-Only Computers Be Used for Hypertext
- CD-ROM as a Storage Device
- Chapter 7: Hypertext in the Internet
- Accessing Hypertext Through the Internet
- The World Wide Web and Mosaic
- HTML
- Hyper-G and Harmony
- Half-Dead Hypertext and the Electronic Business Card
- Chapter 8: Coping with Information Overload
- Information Retrieval
- Human Editing
- Interest Voting and Readwear
- The n of 2n Approach
- Chapter 9: Navigating Large Information Spaces
- Overview Diagrams
- Navigational Dimensions and Metaphors
- Chapter 10: Hypertext Usability
- Usability Parameters for Hypertext
- Survey of Benchmark Research
- Non-Benchmark Studies
- The Larger Picture
- Chapter 11: Multimedia Authoring
- Usability for Authors
- Separate Interfaces for Writers
- Cooperative Authoring
- The Authority of the Author
- Chapter 12: Repurposing Existing Content
- Conversion
- The Manual of Medical therapeutics
- Oxford English Dictionary
- Chapter 13: The Future of Multimedia and Hypertext
- What Happened to the Predictions from my Earlier Book?
- Short-Term Future: Three to Five Years
- Medium-Term Future: Five to Ten Years
- Long-Term Future: Ten to Twenty Years
- Hypermedia Publishing: Monopoly or Anarchy?
- A Summary: Hypertext versus the Competition
- Appendix: Annotated Bibilography
- Surveys
- Societies
- Compendium
- Conferences
- Journals and Magazines
- Videotapes
- Books about the Internet
- Classics
- Alphabetical Listing of Papers and Books
- Far Out Stuff
- Index
