StretchText is a hypertext feature that has not gained mass adoption in systems like the World Wide Web, but gives more control to the reader in determining what level of detail to read at. Authors write content to several levels of detail in a work.
StretchText is similar to outlining, however instead of drilling down lists to greater detail, the current node is replaced with a newer node. This ‘stretching’ to increase the amount of writing, or contracting to decrease it gives the feature its name. This is analogous to zooming in to get more detail.
Conceptually, StretchText is similar to existing hypertexts system where a link provides a more descriptive or exhaustive explanation of something, but there is a key difference between a link and a piece of StretchText. A link completely replaces the current piece of hypertext with the destination, whereas StretchText expands or contracts the content in place. Thus, the existing hypertext serves as context.
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^Landow, George P. (2006). Hypertext 3.0: Critical Theory and New Media in an Era of Globalization (3rd. ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins university press. p. 93-98. ISBN978-0-8018-8257-9.
“Stretchtext – hypertext note #8” by Ted Nelson (April 29, 1967). Part of Nelson’s Project Xanadu. (TIFF)
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stretchtext, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, 2016. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources StretchText news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message StretchText is a hypertext feature that has not gained mass adoption in systems like the World Wide Web but gives more control to the reader in determining what level of detail to read at Authors write content to several levels of detail in a work A demo of StretchText listing the propositions of Ludwig Wittgenstein s Tractatus Logico Philosophicus with Wittgenstein s further commentary on the propositions being revealedStretchText is similar to outlining however instead of drilling down lists to greater detail the current node is replaced with a newer node This stretching to increase the amount of writing or contracting to decrease it gives the feature its name This is analogous to zooming in to get more detail Ted Nelson coined the term c 1967 1 Conceptually StretchText is similar to existing hypertexts system where a link provides a more descriptive or exhaustive explanation of something but there is a key difference between a link and a piece of StretchText A link completely replaces the current piece of hypertext with the destination whereas StretchText expands or contracts the content in place Thus the existing hypertext serves as context References edit Landow George P 2006 Hypertext 3 0 Critical Theory and New Media in an Era of Globalization 3rd ed Baltimore Johns Hopkins university press p 93 98 ISBN 978 0 8018 8257 9 Stretchtext hypertext note 8 by Ted Nelson April 29 1967 Part of Nelson s Project Xanadu TIFF nbsp This World Wide Web related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title StretchText amp oldid 1100216915, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
