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The Electronic Broadsheet

Contents


Abstract

1 - INTRODUCTION
1.1 - Digital News
1.2 - Context
1.3 - Definition of Terms
1.4 - Organization of this Thesis
2 - THE NEWSPAPER METAPHOR
2.1 - Newspaper Building Blocks
2.2 - The Newspaper Interface
2.3 - The Computer Interface
3 - HOW CAN NEWSPAPERS BE IMPROVED?
3.1 - Dynamics
3.2 - Personalization
3.2.1 - Filters
3.2.2 - Research Agents
3.2.3 - Serendipity
3.3 - Format Transcoding
3.4 - Two-way Communication
3.5 - Statistics
3.6 - Ownership of User Modeling Data
4 - NAVIGATION
4.1 - Navigational Clues in Traditional Newspapers
4.2 - Maps
4.2.1 - Different Types of Maps
4.3 - Maps in Virtual Worlds
5 - SYSTEM OVERVIEW
5.1 - System Setup
5.2 - News Path from Source to Screen
5.3 - Scenarios
5.3.1 - The Professional News Reader
5.3.2 - The Casual Reader
5.4 - What was not Implemented
6 - THE LARGE MEDIUM
6.1 - Physical Dimensions and Setup
6.1.1 - The Ideal Physical Setup
6.1.2 - The Compromises
6.1.3 - The Keyboard
6.1.4 - The Mouse
6.2 - Hardware
6.3 - Software Platform
6.4 - The Second Screen
6.5 - Implications for the User
7 - THE DESIGN OF THE NEWSPACE MAP
7.1 - Scale
7.2 - Map Metaphors
7.3 - What to display
7.3.1 - Display Tools
7.3.2 - Time/Age
7.3.3 - Sections
7.3.4 - Importance
7.3.5 - Source
7.3.6 - Distribution
7.3.7 - Size/Length
7.3.8 - Summary of Design
7.4 - The Electronic Map--Implementation
7.4.1 - X11 Window Managers
7.4.2 - Changes to VTWM
8 - FORMATTING
8.1 - Input
8.2 - Soft Fonts
8.3 - Headlines
8.4 - Body Text
8.4.1 - Columns
8.4.2 - Paragraphs
8.4.3 - Alignment and Hyphenation
8.5 - Tags
8.6 - Illustrations
8.7 - Proportion
8.8 - Icons
8.9 - Blocktimize Algorithm
8.10 - Implementation
9 - LAYOUT
9.1 - Automating the Layout Process
9.2 - Templates
9.3 - The Layout of the Electronic Broadsheet
9.3.1 - The Layout in the Sections
9.3.2 - Recycling Real Estate
9.3.3 - The Layout of the Front Page
9.3.4 - Nameplates & Section Heads
10 - USER INTERACTION
10.1 - Input Devices
10.2 - Articles of Interest
10.3 - Explicit Movement Info
11 - SCALABLE NEWS: THE ELECTRONIC TABLOID
11.1 - The Tabloid Screen
11.2 - The Missing Map
12 - EVALUATION
12.1 - Conclusion

The Electronic Broadsheet - 30 JUN 95
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