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Is there a specific name for the art and craft of presenting a topic online (as a web page) using a flow of text interspersed with interactive activities? What
by openrisk 2y ago
Is there a specific name for the art and craft of presenting a topic online (as a web page) using a flow of text interspersed with interactive activities?
Whatever the name of this approach, quantamagazine is definitely good at it!
- gyomu 2y agoSome people have coined the term explorable explanation/explorables https://explorabl.es/ https://explorabl.es/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorable_explanation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorable_explanation
- openrisk 2y agoaah, this is nailing it. It helps to differentiate from game-like experiences and special purpose apps. Another interesting term from the wiki link is "active essays": > The related term "active essays" was used by Alan Kay to refer to text-based explorable explanations But I don't know if by text-based he meant strictly no visuals. Like just ASCII art? :-)
- TheSpiceIsLife 2y agoIt looks like this might be the original paper by Kay, can anyone provide a link that isn’t behind a paywall? Search results seem to indicate he was referring to text based plus interactive components something something Java(script?). I’m not a programmer and know less about the history..
- TheSpiceIsLife 2y agoMultimedia? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia Multimedia refers to the integration of multiple forms of content such as text, audio, images, video, and interactive elements into a single digital platform or application.
- openrisk 2y agoMultimedia is fairly general, so it includes this but also much more. Including video in particular tends to highjack the experience (you switch mode), whereas interactive elements that you explore as you keep reading feel more integrated.
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- johnea 2y agoI'm pretty sure this is called "writing"