Hypertext & Complexity LO5001

GaltJohn22@aol.com
Sat, 20 Jan 1996 09:38:02 -0500

Replying to LO4919 --

Hyper text is an "Associative Network" organization by definition. While
it is true one can MAKE a hierarchy with hyper text, one can also make a
completely FLAT information organization with it. Then mix & match.

Hyper text's weakness is that you don't really know where you're going til
you get there. Some Cognitive Styles, especially persons near the Visual
end of the Visual - Haptic scale, would prefer a graphical MAP of the hot
links. This is technologically possible and, for some HT organizations,
simple.

--
Hal Popplewell
GaltJohn22@aol.com