I think there are many structures that are easy enough to hold in our heads but actually very hard to render as a 2D snapshot of a graph. It feels to me that progressive disclosure is required to “unroll” the portions of a potentially infinite visualisation space that we want to explore (much like the TOC). Thus, apprehending a complex structure cannot be accomplished merely contemplating a picture, it requires interactive exploration.
Best wishes Jeremy > On 9 Jul 2019, at 21:51, @TiddlyTweeter <[email protected]> wrote: > > Repeat for those on email > > On Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:50:40 UTC+2, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > This a difficult logical problem, not just in TW, but in much sortware. > > Bear with me. > > An issue is we use HTML lists for representation of structural hierarchy. > > We go good at nesting them and delving through complex nested hierachy (e.g. > bimlas' excellent recent work). > > But there is still a probem. > > The problem is combining equality with hierachy. > > To try make this clearer. Its easy in TW to, through tagging, accurately > depict ... > > .father > .son > .son's daughter > > but very difficult to depict > > .father + .mother > .son + .wife > .daughter > > I'm not sure you may even understand what I'm talking about. > > ONE this is very clear to me is that HTML lists can only depict SINGULAR > HIERARCHY. It can branch but it can't conjoin. That is a serious limitation > on the depiction of actual things. > > Like every net thing TW is limited by what is expressed in HTML. But I think > its an interesting issue. Some limitations, I think, in TW, arise directly > out of the limits of HTML lists. > > Thoughts > Josiah > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWiki" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki > <https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/fa8ad5f5-89c2-4945-9bdb-9a3dcdd2d12d%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/fa8ad5f5-89c2-4945-9bdb-9a3dcdd2d12d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/4E5A8C78-AA20-4969-8DF3-85FA8B80B222%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
