Reflection: View Modes
This entry discusses points for improving the design presented in the previous entry.
To Engage With Complexity
The purpose of Stack View is to enable the (re)arrangement of a selection of documents in a particular order for entering Merge View. Creating stacks is supposed to be a convenient method for engaging with complexity by selecting which to view in more detail. Shifting from a 2D to a 3D perspective may obfuscate and not serve that purpose well.1
In abandoning Stack View, proceeding first requires defining the basic concepts more clearly. Questions are:
- What constitutes a document?
- How are links attached?
- What link types?
These questions are explored in the next entry.