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Elements of Hypermedia Design: Techniques for Navigation and Visualization in Cyberspace
Elements of Hypermedia Design Techniques for Navigation and Visualization in Cyberspace Author:Peter Gloor "Elements of Hypermedia Design" is a book about the conceptual and technical aspects of hypermedia publishing. Its goal is to give guidelines on how to design useable hypermedia documents and structured content. Both aspects of the term 'hypermedia' are thoroughly covered, namely hypertext(non-sequential text) and multimedia(rich graphical and i... more »nteractive content). When designing hypermedia products and documents, three different design elements are necessary: content, structure and presentation. This book addresses all three elements and illustrates how they can be integrated to publish user-friendly documents on the web or in CD-ROM formats. Thorough and clearly understandable coverage is given to: To how to structure information for optimal navigation and access Describes how to present and visualize complex concepts by introducing algorithm animation Outlines a novel approach for authoring and editing of multimedia content Some outstanding and useful features; "Seven Design Concepts for navigation in Cyberspace": novel scheme to classify tools and mechanisms for information structuring. Cyber-Toolbox: easy to use set of interactive tools for visual and structuring of information spaces Animated Algorithms system: hypermedia learning environment as well as an approach for algorithm animation based on scripting Videoscheme system: offers excellent combination of direct manipulation and programming based editing that uses a flexible test bed for animation Real-world integrated hypermedia applications presented: applications combine different media types to achieve graphically rich and sophisticated systems "Elements of Hypermedia Design" will be of interest and utility to a broad spectrum of professionals in information systems, web site design, multimedia interface designers, CD-ROM developers, and education multimedia designers. About the author: Peter Gloor has extensive experience in research and industry in the design and utilization of multimedia information systems. After receiving his doctorate (University of Zurich), he spent 3 years at the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science before assuming a position in the international banking industry. He is currently an information systems and workflow specialist with the international accounting firm, Cooper & Lybrand. He is a frequent invited speaker for international conferences on the use of multimedia technologies and hypermedia design for business operations.« less