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January 27, 2005
Hierarchies Are Dead
As a UI trick, hierarchies are dead. The flatspace reigneth.
Why do I think this?
I only remember bits of information. I can put those bits together for a search query, but often have no idea where the information lies on a hierarchy. And which hierarchy? The URI hierarchy (eg chattablogs.com/barelylegalsubstance/archives/etc)? The desktop hierarchy (eg C:/Documents And Settings/Users/barelylegalprogrammer)? The email hierarchy (eg Inbox, Drafts, Sent, Personal, &c)?
My life is too full of hierarchies...islands of information, to pull out an old buzzword. Social software using SOAP, RSS, and CSS seems like it could hold an answer.
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Posted by Noel at 05:06 PM
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