Designing Information Spaces: The Social Navigation Approach /

This volume provides a thoroughly up-to-date guide to the use of the Social Navigation approach in designing information spaces. The first part focuses on real life systems such as Kalas, GeoNotes and Babble, and examines the rationale for some of the design choices made. The second part takes a det...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Höök, Kristina (Writer on technology design)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Benyon, David, Munro, Alan J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Springer London, 2003.
Series:Computer supported cooperative work.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Footprints in the Snow
  • Part I. Systems and Theories: Social Translucence: Using Minimalist Visualizations of Social Activity to Support Collective Interaction. Collaborative Filtering: Supporting Social Navigation in Large, Crowded Infospaces. Screen Scenery: Learning from Architecture and People's Practices of Navigation in Electronic Environments. Navigating the Virtual Landscape. Experiential Design of Shared Information Spaces. GeoNotes: A Location-Based Information System for Public Spaces. Arcadian Knowledge Spaces. Social Navigation of Food Recipes. Results from the Footprints Project. WebPlaces: Using Intermediaries to Add People to the Web
  • Part II. Theories and Principles: Where the Footprints Lead: Tracking Down Other Roles for Social Navigation. Social Connotation of Space. Informatics, Architecture and Language. A Sociological View of Social Navigation. Navigation: Within and Beyond the Metaphor in Interface Design and Evaluation. The Conceptual Structure of Information Space. Information Space Navigation: A Framework
  • References
  • Index.