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- Transitive hypertext jumps <sum06 1 7>
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- Menus of jumps Major portions of a HyperRez knowledge system centers on
- or single jumps "transitive" hypertext jumps, which offer users choices
- =============== between 4-6 jumps instead of single jumps. Why?
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- Because, with good sets (completeness, parallelism,
- order), transitive hypertext sets provide:
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- Transitivity ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- hypertext │ - clear evidence of the results of each jump <link32 2> │
- provides │ - ways to rapidly move to desired files <link36> │
- ======== │ - the structure of the system of knowledge <link37> │
- └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- Making predictable In contrast, users can seldom predict whether single,
- hypertext jumps stand-alone hypertext jumps produce a trickle or a flood
- =============== of information. Yet predictability in jumps is central to
- hypertext <link04>. That's why I organize jumps into sets.
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- Good sets of hypertext jumps show both the commonality
- and the separateness of listed jumps, which help users
- predict the results of any selected hypertext jump.