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Some people have coined the term explorable explanation/explorables https://explorabl.es/ https://explorabl.es/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorable_expla
by gyomu 2y ago
Some 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..