- Example(s) of a landmark in a hypertext might include:
- a)
- a mountain in a valley.
- b)
- the Home card in a HyperCard application.
- c)
- the top-level help node in WorldWideWeb.
- d)
- all of the above.
- e)
- exactly 2 out of choices a through c (which?).
- f)
- none of the above.
Please briefly justify your answer.
- Would you recommend random selection of the next link to follow
from an anchor that has a number of associated links? Please explain
at least one pro and one con.
- Discount Usability Engineering
- a)
- is useful in hypertext applications when a large number
of design decisions must be made.
- b)
- provides quantitative test results that allow proving which
of several alternatives is superior.
- c)
- helps discount the effect naive users' opinions have on
systems they should not use.
- d)
- all of the above.
- e)
- exactly 2 out of choices a through c (which?).
- f)
- none of the above.
Please briefly justify your answer.
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In Intermedia, there are several databases. One deals with
links and anchors, etc., and has several relations. Please
briefly describe in English what the contents are of those
relations, and quickly outline
how they are used and managed.
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If one were to build a link service capability into an operating
system, how would that make it easier to have hypertext-like
operations incorporated into and across a range of applications?