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Tokyo Denki University Press
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Multimedia and Hypertext: The Internet and Beyond

Book by Jakob Nielsen, published by Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco (originally published by AP Professional, Boston, MA), 1995.
ISBN 0-12-518408-5 (paperback).

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Preface

A Multitude of Hypertext and Multimedia
Acknowledgments

1. Defining Hypertext, Hypermedia, and Multimedia

Narrower Definitions of Hypertext
Hypermedia: Multimedia Hypertext
Hypertext and Regular Computer Applications
The Hype about Hypertext

2. An Example of a Hypertext System

3. The History of Hypertext

Memex (1945)
Augment/NLS (1962-1976)
Xanadu (1965)
Hypertext Editing System (1967) and FRESS (1968)
Aspen Movie Map (1978)
KMS (1983)
Hyperties (1983)
NoteCards (1985)
Symbolics Document Examiner (1985)
Intermedia (1985)
Guide (1986)
HyperCard (1987)
Hypertext Grows Up

4. Applications of Hypertext

Computer Applications
Business Applications
Intellectual Applications
Educational Applications
Entertainment and Leisure Applications

5. The Architecture of Hypertext Systems

Nodes
Links
Hypertext Engines
Open Hypertext
Integrating Hypertext Ideas into Other Environments

6. Hardware Support for Hypertext

Problems with the Computer Screen
Pointing Devices
Can Text-Only Computers Be Used for Hypertext?
CD-ROM as a Storage Device

7. Hypertext on the Internet

Accessing Hypertext Through the Internet
The World Wide Web and Mosaic
HTML
Hyper-G and Harmony
Half-Dead Hypertext and the Electronic Business Card

8. Coping with Information Overload

Information Retrieval
Human Editing
Interest Voting and Readwear
The n of 2n Approach

9. Navigating Large Information Spaces

Overview Diagrams
Navigational Dimensions and Metaphors

10. Hypertext Usability

Usability Parameters for Hypertext
Survey of Benchmark Research
Non-Benchmark Studies
The Larger Picture

11. Multimedia Authoring

Usability for Authors
Separate Interfaces for Writers
Cooperative Authoring
The Authority of the Author

12. Repurposing Existing Content

Conversion
The Manual of Medical Therapeutics
Oxford English Dictionary

13. The Future of Multimedia and Hypertext

What Happened to the Predictions from my Earlier Book?
Short-Term Future: Three to Five Years
Medium-Term Future: Five to Ten Years
Long-Term Future: Ten to Twenty Years
Hypermedia Publishing: Monopoly or Anarchy?
A Summary: Hypertext versus the Competition

Appendix: Annotated Bibliography

Surveys
Societies
Compendium
Conferences
Journals and Magazines
Videotapes
Books about the Internet
Classics
Alphabetical Listing of Papers and Books
Far Out Stuff

Index

This book is the second edition of my hypertext book. The first edition was published under the title Hypertext and Hypermedia.