One more (and probably the most basic) point on the below --
The QuestMap-style interface shows relationships. It is all about a highly
manipulatable and leverageable visualization of how concepts relate to each
other. There are plenty of other tools that have "better" visualizations of
relationships (e.g. Inxight, the Brain, etc. etc) but they are not highly
manipulatable as I'd define that. There are also plenty of tools that are
highly manipulatable but they don't show and leverage relationships (in
multiple ways, in multiple contexts, etc.) nearly as well.
Using this kind of interface in meetings is the best GUI I've found for
enabling interaction that is expressly concerned with collaborative
understanding/construction/reconstruction of the relationships between
things.
Al
Peter Jones wrote:
"...and that leads me to two fundamental questions.
1) We are dealing mostly with HCI issues here, in that here human discourse
is deliberately mediated through the system. So, it seems necessary to pose
the question now (given all that has passed in the research of this area
with IBIS and other tools) as to whether IBIS is really the present best
GUI
formalism for enabling this sort of interaction. Discuss."
Well, "best" is a big word :-)
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