Halasz's "seven issues" in context

ABSTRACT

Frank Halasz's "Seven issues" paper first received widespread distribution in the July 1988 Communications of the ACM. It appeared at a time when hypertext and hypermedia systems were receiving widespread attention. In this retrospective, I discuss the role of this paper in supporting and encouraging the broadening of the interests of the research community and its relevance in today's World-Wide-Web-centered milieu.

REFERENCES

• 1: Bush, V. (1945). As we may think. The Atlantic Monthly, 176(1), 101-108.
• 2: Jeff Conklin, Hypertext: an introduction and survey, Computer, v.20 n.9, p.17-41, Sept. 1987 [doi>10.1109/MC.1987.1663693]
• 3: Frank,G. Halasz, Reflections on NoteCards: seven issues for the next generation of hypermedia systems, Communications of the ACM, v.31 n.7, p.836-852, July 1988 [doi>10.1145/48511.48514]
• 4: Halasz, F. G. (1991). "Seven issues": Revisited (keynote address, Hypertext '91 Conference, San Antonio, Texas, December 18, 1991. {http://www.parc.xerox.com/spl/projects/halasz-keynote/}.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.4 Hypertext/Hypermedia
          Subjects: User issues

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.4 Systems and Software

          Nouns: World Wide Web (WWW)
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.2 User Interfaces (D.2.2, H.1.2, I.3.6)

  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.7 DOCUMENT AND TEXT PROCESSING
      I.7.2 Document Preparation
          Subjects: Hypertext/hypermedia

General Terms:
Human Factors

Keywords:
World-Wide Web, hypertext/hypermedia, user interface design