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The Electronic Broadsheet
Contents
- Abstract
- 1 - INTRODUCTION
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- 1.1 - Digital News
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- 1.2 - Context
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- 1.3 - Definition of Terms
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- 1.4 - Organization of this Thesis
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- 2 - THE NEWSPAPER METAPHOR
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- 2.1 - Newspaper Building Blocks
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- 2.2 - The Newspaper Interface
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- 2.3 - The Computer Interface
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- 3 - HOW CAN NEWSPAPERS BE IMPROVED?
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- 3.1 - Dynamics
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- 3.2 - Personalization
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- 3.2.1 - Filters
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- 3.2.2 - Research Agents
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- 3.2.3 - Serendipity
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- 3.3 - Format Transcoding
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- 3.4 - Two-way Communication
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- 3.5 - Statistics
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- 3.6 - Ownership of User Modeling Data
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- 4 - NAVIGATION
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- 4.1 - Navigational Clues in Traditional Newspapers
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- 4.2 - Maps
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- 4.2.1 - Different Types of Maps
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- 4.3 - Maps in Virtual Worlds
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- 5 - SYSTEM OVERVIEW
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- 5.1 - System Setup
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- 5.2 - News Path from Source to Screen
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- 5.3 - Scenarios
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- 5.3.1 - The Professional News Reader
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- 5.3.2 - The Casual Reader
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- 5.4 - What was not Implemented
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- 6 - THE LARGE MEDIUM
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- 6.1 - Physical Dimensions and Setup
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- 6.1.1 - The Ideal Physical Setup
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- 6.1.2 - The Compromises
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- 6.1.3 - The Keyboard
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- 6.1.4 - The Mouse
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- 6.2 - Hardware
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- 6.3 - Software Platform
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- 6.4 - The Second Screen
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- 6.5 - Implications for the User
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- 7 - THE DESIGN OF THE NEWSPACE MAP
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- 7.1 - Scale
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- 7.2 - Map Metaphors
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- 7.3 - What to display
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- 7.3.1 - Display Tools
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- 7.3.2 - Time/Age
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- 7.3.3 - Sections
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- 7.3.4 - Importance
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- 7.3.5 - Source
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- 7.3.6 - Distribution
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- 7.3.7 - Size/Length
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- 7.3.8 - Summary of Design
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- 7.4 - The Electronic Map--Implementation
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- 7.4.1 - X11 Window Managers
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- 7.4.2 - Changes to VTWM
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- 8 - FORMATTING
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- 8.1 - Input
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- 8.2 - Soft Fonts
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- 8.3 - Headlines
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- 8.4 - Body Text
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- 8.4.1 - Columns
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- 8.4.2 - Paragraphs
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- 8.4.3 - Alignment and Hyphenation
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- 8.5 - Tags
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- 8.6 - Illustrations
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- 8.7 - Proportion
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- 8.8 - Icons
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- 8.9 - Blocktimize Algorithm
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- 8.10 - Implementation
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- 9 - LAYOUT
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- 9.1 - Automating the Layout Process
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- 9.2 - Templates
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- 9.3 - The Layout of the Electronic Broadsheet
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- 9.3.1 - The Layout in the Sections
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- 9.3.2 - Recycling Real Estate
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- 9.3.3 - The Layout of the Front Page
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- 9.3.4 - Nameplates & Section Heads
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- 10 - USER INTERACTION
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- 10.1 - Input Devices
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- 10.2 - Articles of Interest
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- 10.3 - Explicit Movement Info
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- 11 - SCALABLE NEWS: THE ELECTRONIC TABLOID
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- 11.1 - The Tabloid Screen
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- 11.2 - The Missing Map
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- 12 - EVALUATION
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- 12.1 - Conclusion
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The Electronic Broadsheet - 30 JUN 95
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