Various tools exist to promote user interaction on the web. 1
Is there a generic tool that feeds on a RSS feed, puts the various entries on a timeline, and groups them according to some proximity measure? Color bands for topics and brightness for "hot spots" would be nice.
time | peace | peace | peace peace | war peace | travel | | games | peace | war | war | war | +------------------------------------- topics
Other techniques that seem intended to promote user interaction on the web:
CategoryInformationVisualization
This page is old, and may have lost some relevance. (Or, alternatively, may be about to gain it..!)
I wanted to mention, though: On Technorati, they use word size to indicate activity. I've seen the technique used elsewhere; Just forget where.
43things.com has a very similar-looking word-sizing display. – DavidCary
VisualContentChanges ? What's that supposed to mean ? Perhaps there's a better title we could move this article to. DavidCary 2005-05-17 19:41 UTC
Lists using variably-sized words to indicate tag popularity are known as tag clouds. There are other less-intrusive designs for tag clouds possible: variations in font weight, text color, etc. (WikiFeatures:FadingText?)
I agree with DavidCary; I don't understand what "VisualContentChanges" is supposed to mean in this context.
I'm guessing that the author (probably BayleShanks, I'm guessing,) wanted to talk about "things like RecentChanges, in the abstract."
We should probably:
Umleitung auf eine externe Seite definieren: VisualizingChanges TagClouds ChangeVisualization