http://worrydream.com/MagicInk/
There are few times you come across a paper which changes you life. I think the last time I can truely remember is Writing Solid code by Steve Maguire, the program that changed the way I code.
This essay - polemic, what ever is the first one which truly changed the way I think about interaction, tradition screen interaction but interaction non the less. The basic guide is that all modern interaction is based in visualisation. You have to read it to get it but the examples he gives are fantastic.
On the down side one thing you could argue is that this essay is a user interaction argument for the semantic web. Don't publish web pages, publish information and let the user get the formatting they want, but apart from this it's stunning.
I think the alternative is slightly different - Perhaps what this essay is suggesting is we should have data and presentation ( like the View and Model distinction). If software was designed to create simple flexible well designed visualisations we could reuse both them and the data.
Wonderful paper until just near the end when he proposes the ultimate implementation which is a bit mad but still doesn't detract. I'm stunned by this.
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