Prototype: How to Switch View Modes (Round 4)

Alterations and additions:

• Metadata of documents accessible through the ellipsis icon.
• Title underline is chosen over border color.

This entry is a continuation of entry 11, showcasing an interactive prototype allowing traversing documents in Zoomed-Out View and Zoomed-In View.

Interactive Prototype

Reflection

• The title underline is deemed too subtle to indicate multiple aliases of the same document.
  • Color-coded borders might be better suited.¹
  • The color-coded borders should also appear upon hovering a document in Zoomed-Out View for coherency.

Improvements Due

• Apply color-coded borders.
• While in Zoomed-In View, create a frame showing an overview of the current location in Zoomed-Out View to facilitate orientation.
• Apply seqlinks at the top and bottom of open documents.
• Visually distinguish link direction.
• Improve visualization of link endpoints.

The next entry involves redesigning the visual distinction of links — the link type, direction, and endpoint.

Endnotes