Re: Web Interface I Once Saw?...

To: lynch@lscorp.com (Richard Lynch)
Subject: Re: Web Interface I Once Saw?...
From: Shannon V Spires <svspire@somnet.sandia.gov>
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 09:50:09 -0700 (MST)
Cc: www-cl@ai.mit.edu
In-Reply-To: <v02140b02aefbf5a0721f@[207.152.64.133]> from "Richard Lynch" at Jan 10, 97 01:35:24 pm
Sender: owner-www-cl@ai.mit.edu

> Was it a dream, or did I see a web page once with an interface element that
> looked like MacOS Finder's twist-down triangle things?...

The HotSauce/ProjectX PlugIn has an outline mode that works in exactly
this way.
See:
http://hotsauce.apple.com/
The twist-downs are instant; they don't require communication with the
server.

If you haven't played with HotSauce, do so! It's extremely cool.  It's a
user interface for 3D (or alternatively, outline) browsing of information
spaces. It's a perfect fit for CL-HTTP because it's not a CGI; it's just a
(cross-platform) browser plugin plus a download of an MCF (meta-content
format) data stream. CL-HTTP could generate MCF on-the fly. Real-time
3D class browsers on the web, for example. 

Also check out Apple's NetFinder:
http://cybertech.apple.com/netfinder.html
It makes a Finder-like interface to files served by WebStar but it doesn't
actually do the triangle thing. It's more like an FTP interface without an
FTP demon. And since it's a CGI, it's less interesting
to CL-HTTP users, but it's still worth checking out.

-- 
Shannon Spires
svspire@sandia.gov

References:

Web Interface I Once Saw?...

From: lynch@lscorp.com (Richard Lynch)