One thing that has crossed and stuck on my mind lately, is how information is presented on topic maps based web portals. Topic Maps based portals typically, or should I say obviously, use a subject centric approach for presenting information: every page presents information about a subject (represented by a topic in the topic map). [...]
All posts for the month September, 2007
The IA of Topic Maps Based Portals
Posted by Trond on September 29, 2007
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/semantic-web/tm/2007/the-ia-of-topic-maps-based-portals/
Interesting Design Choices #1
Say, where did they put that “Home” (“Hjem”) button (the image without alt text)? (www.sandnes-kulturhus.no) In all fairness, it’s a public site by a cultural institution — which definitively has a limited web budget. Still, it makes me wonder why they decided to put it at the bottom of the main menu. Bookmark on Delicious [...]
Posted by Trond on September 28, 2007
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/usability/information-architecture/2007/interesting-design-choices-1/
Presenting “Intelligent” Search Results
Lars Marius Garshol has written an interesting piece about Search in Topic Maps Portals. I also want to point out a comment by Svein Ølnes, that refers to a very important issue: I think the reason for Topic Maps based portals generally having better search is obvious: the search leans on an underlying semantic structure. [...]
Posted by Trond on September 8, 2007
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/semantic-web/tm/2007/topic-maps-based-searches/
alert(“crap”);
If only JavaScript developers would stop using alert() for debugging – at least while in production. Searching for flight tickets on www.berg-hansen.no gave me the following: The page at http://www.solfaktor.com/ says: TXL not found. Now, there’s something every user needs to know. See also: Web 2.0 Usability. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tweet about [...]
Posted by Trond on September 3, 2007
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/web-development/2007/alertcrap/