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Re: Comments Sought - Browser as launcher revisited...
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Re: Comments Sought - Browser as launcher revisited...


  • Subject: Re: Comments Sought - Browser as launcher revisited...
  • From: Christopher Nebel <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 09:31:20 -0700

On Wednesday, July 3, 2002, at 10:46 PM, Ric Phillips wrote:

I have my doubts that there is a stand-out model for file-system access that offers easier useability than the others. ... Within 5 to 10 years however, a combination of adaptable software agents,
and speech recognition will have buried the 'file tree' model.

Are you familiar with Fertig, Freeman, and Gelernter's "lifestreams" work? I'm not sure I agree with it, but it's an interesting thought. See <http://www.acm.org/sigchi/chi96/proceedings/videos/Fertig/etf.htm>, among others, and the more philosophical <http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/gelernter/gelernter_p1.html>.


--Chris Nebel
AppleScript Engineering
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