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anemone
using the process of organic information design to visualize the changing structure of a web site, juxtaposed with usage information


This is a simplified "toy" version of anemone implemented as an applet. The actual version is an application built with C++ and OpenGL. This version reads the usage data from the ACG web site from a period of time in September 2005. The applet can also run on live data, however that feature is disabled with the closing of the ACG.


 
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  • click and drag to move nodes or pages around

  • use shift-click to 'release' a node

  • the left and right arrow keys control how many nodes to display

  • the white branches are the hierarchy of our site. they thicken as more users visit them, or atrophy as they go unused

  • the orange hairline curves depict the paths of individual users taking more erratic routes through the site

  • the text shows the names of individual web pages


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