TY - RPRT T1 - Designing to facilitate browsing: A look back at the Hyperties workstation browser Y1 - 1998 A1 - Shneiderman, Ben A1 - Plaisant, Catherine A1 - Botafogo,Rodrigo A1 - Hopkins,Don A1 - Weiland,William KW - Technical Report AB - Since browsing hypertext can present a formidable cognitivechallenge, user interface design plays a major role in determining acceptability. In the Unix workstation version of Hyperties, a research-oriented prototype, we focussed on design features that facilitate browsing. We first give a general overview of Hyperties and its markup language. Customizable documents can be generated by the conditional text feature that enables dynamic and selective display of text and graphics. In addition we present: - an innovative solution to link identification: pop-out graphical buttons of arbitrary shape. - application of pie menus to permit low cognitive load actions that reduce the distraction of common actions, such as page turning or window selection. - multiple window selection strategies that reduce clutter and housekeeping effort. We preferred piles-of-tiles, in which standard-sized windows were arranged in a consistent pattern on the display and actions could be done rapidly, allowing users to concentrate on the contents. (Also cross-referenced as CAR-TR-494) JA - Technical Reports of the Computer Science Department, University of Maryland UR - http://drum.lib.umd.edu/handle/1903/362 ER -