P.S., I forgot to mention, there's an API for all of this, to generate graphs programatically should that become applicable.
On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Ron Newman <[email protected]> wrote: > Barry, > Yes, arrows can be of different types. Colors are now supported in the > UI. Styles (dotted, etc.) are supported in the backend, only awaiting an > afternoon to put in the UI to select the style you want. > > Weighting of arrows is also supported, currently being saved in the shared > database, similarly just needs a selection form in the UI. A heavier > weight on the arrow between nodes causes those two nodes to be laid out > closer together, indicating relevance to each other. > > Size of nodes is currently selectable, I'm sure you saw that. > > If by attribute of an arrow you mean labeling of it, that can currently be > done by clicking the asterisk next to the arrow. > > Branches are minimized by clicking the minus sign (tiny) at the head of > the arrow. > > Nodes may be clustered by dragging to the upper right to the tiny icon > that's there, just below "Summaries". So there's some support for > arranging similar topics together. > > Yes, I'm a big fan of crowd sourcing, in fact, that's the motivation > behind this. If you haven't installed the button on your browser to insert > links to websites in a graph on the run as you browse, that's worth doing > (Tools menu). > > Printing is practical up to a certain size, but .pdf export (Tools menu > again) is better, because it retains the active links. Also, embedding a > clickable graph in a FRIAM website is possible, though that's public to the > world. > > Ron > > > -- > Ron Newman > MyIdeatree.com <http://www.ideatree.us/> > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Barry MacKichan < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Interesting... >> >> Here are some ideas to think about or shoot down. >> >> Is there a role for different types of arrows between entities? I can >> imagine writing something and wanting to indicate that it is in response to >> (a particular paragraph?) of a particular email, but I might also want to >> point back to the beginning (message or paragraph(s)) of this particular >> thread, which may be embedded in a larger thread, as in the case of an idea >> originating in a response to another message. I might also want to refer to >> background material. I might want to assign importance or weight to arrows, >> as in 'I am responding to this message, but it also has some relevance for >> this other message.' The most general case is that of assigning an >> attribute to an arrow, but you'd have to be careful about making it too >> complex. >> >> Some sort of 'force-collapsible' display (e.g., >> http://mbostock.github.com/d3/talk/20111116/force-collapsible.html or >> the WordFlex iPad app) would make browsing interesting. >> >> The Mac app DevonThink has 'see-also' and 'classify' operations that >> attempt to find similarities between text bits that seem to be based on >> vocabulary similarities (they claim it is 'AI-based'). That would be a >> possible direction eventually. This similarities could provide additional >> weighted arrows between nodes. They have some server-based products, but I >> am not familiar with them. >> >> If you're a fan of crowd-sourcing, people could add weighted arrows to >> make explicit connections that they find. Nodes could gather weight or >> importance based on 'reviews' consisting of an integer. >> >> Most of these suggestions make printing a result impractical, but perhaps >> online interaction would be enough. You could choose which part of the >> graph to look at by clicking on a node to see its neighborhood. Sizes of >> nodes could reflect their weight. You could select what subset of arrows >> you want to see. >> >> --Barry >> >> PS. >> All the data of an email (except attachments) are transmitted together. >> To see all of it together in a file, save the message as a file. (On a Mac >> using Apple Mail, select a message, choose File/Save As..., and you'll get >> the file. Mail programs parse this to separate the content and header >> information for you. >> >> >> On Jan 21, 2013, at 11:07 AM, Ron Newman wrote: >> >> I'm willing to donate a FRIAM license of >> MyIdeaTree<http://www.myideatree.com/> >> (drag and drop building of network graphs from links). I'd learn a ton >> about usability from that. The email / blog content would have to be >> located on the web somewhere. >> >> Ron >> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > > > > -- Ron Newman MyIdeatree.com <http://www.Ideatree.us> The World Happiness Meter <http://worldhappinessmeter.com> YourSongCode.com <http://www.yourSongCode.com>
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