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Description Introduction, links to other work, and the people who built, and are building, the system.   Entry page But First, a Fable Linkage Without Whom Which   B669 course homepage(s)

Overview Outline of the project: why it's necessary, how it might be done, and what will likely come next.   The Alto---A Love Story     Personalized Information Maps     The Uses of Locality     Hypothetical Interactions     Rubberbanding     First Steps     The Future

Interface What's wrong with the desktop and description of a more dynamic, and game-like space.   Dynamic Information Spaces     Problems with Interfaces Today     Toward a Better Interface     A Star Field Interface     Clipping Information for Display     Game Interfaces     Navigating Pagespace     Memorable Interfaces     How Not To Design an Interface

Database What's wrong with the operating system, and analyzing and storing more page attributes.   Linking Pages Into a Space     Page Attributes     Evaluating Pages     Linking Pages     Detective Story

Search Some ideas on why search is central and ways to make it a more pleasant experience.   Search     Context For Free     Search Strategies     Remembering Searches     Dynamic Search     Metric Matching     Adaptive Vocabulary     Personalizing Search     Search Interfaces     Star Trek Search

Classifier Some artificial intelligence ideas for the system's data clustering and user analysis algorithms.   Adaptive Classifiers     Information Helpers     Three Stage Development     A Science Analogy     Programming As Hinting     Hinting on Blackboards     An Example of Agent Science     Living Architecture     Intuition-Style Programming

Manual Overview of the last implementation together with package- and class-level documentation.   Documentation     Overview     Engine Overview     Interface Overview         Advisor Package     Cache Package     Feature Package     Ferret Package     Filter Package     Fingerprint Package     Gui Package     Gui.action Package     Gui.event Package     Gui.preview Package     Mapmaker Package     Notifier Package     Parser Package     Tools Package     WebpageDB Package     Appendix II: List of Classes

Architecture The organization of, and philosophy behind, the newest implementation of the program.   Architecture     Information Management     Simpletons     The Datastream     Memory     Simpleton Roles     Objects     Clusters     Entities     Using Clusters     A Virtual Machine