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- Are jumps within a file real hypertext? <sum06 1 5>
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- GOTO hypertext Some programs claim that jumping to various parts of a
- ============== file is hypertext, for example to words or locations.
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- However, like the GOTO command of BASIC, these forms of
- hypertext tend toward spaghetti systems rather than
- organized knowledge. Why?
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- What are the The limit for constructing GOTO hypertext systems
- complexity limits is probably 30 unique files containing 100 cross-
- without network jumps. You can do that using only HyperRez and
- modeling tools? your word processor. See <link13>
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- But, to go beyond this complexity limit, you'll need
- ways to plan, represent, and abstract the connections.
- For hypertext construction, my schematic tools are:
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- What are the tools MaxThink Outline/Idea Processor -- <link61>
- for hypertext? HOUDINI System/Network Processor -- <link62>
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- For examples of GOTO hypertext, you might consider:
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- Are the ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- products │ AskSam - keyword jumps in flat files <link29 1 22> │
- hypertext? │ Grand View - keyword/topic jumps in outline file │
- ========== │ Agenda - keyword/topic jumps in a network file │
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- While each of these products do serve certain visions
- of computing, their claims that jumps within a file
- represent hypertext reflects a misunderstanding of the
- hypertext concept.
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- Competitors? From my vantage point:
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- (1) HyperRez and PC-Hypertext outperform AskSam
- (2) MaxThink outperforms Grand View
- (3) Houdini outperforms Agenda
- (4) TransText outperforms WordPerfect
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- Why? Because, unlike these mentioned competitors, I offer
- ==== both a coherent philosophy and a coordinated family of
- software <link27> designed to easily find, represent, and
- communicate significant ideas ...and leave the processing
- (typically low-level thinking) to others.