![]() © 1993-2000 Christopher Keep, Tim McLaughlin, Robin Parmar. Also, some interface elements are remnants of earlier versions, and should be removed (eg. Rather, it combines planar movement with motion in depth. In particular, the rosette does not allow navigation in the plane (north, south, east, west), as its compass form implies. Unnatural Habitats, published in 1993, solidifies and summarizes the rudimentary, but beautiful language of Storyspace environment, the language that comes to light when poetry is translated into the node-link structures of hypertext, and projected onto visual maps of nodes and connections between them. Some of Storyspace's navigation tools are counter-intuitive. In particular, the Storyspace Reader allows access to the global map this reveals the internal structure of the work for inspection and free navigation. The author's selection of readers will govern how their hyperbook will be perceived. To retrace a path, the reader presses the option and delete keys. The reader chooses links by clicking on anchors. The Easy Reader is similar to the Page Reader, but has no toolbar. The major limitation of this reader is that nodes can be no more than one screen long no scroll bars are provided. The Page Reader does not allow access to the map. It contains a left arrow, which takes the reader back to the previous node a book icon, which lists all currently available links a "Y/N" icon, which lets the reader reply to questions posed in the text a printer icon, which print the current node and a text entry area, which lets the reader enter anchor words. The Page Reader has a toolbar which shows up as a horizontal strip at the bottom of the screen. Clicking a second time reopens the highlighted node. Clicking on this closes the present node and displays the Storyspace map. In the centre of the rosette there is a box containing an ellipsis. Other synonyms for node include frame (KMS), work space (StorySpace). Anchors are activated by double clicking with the mouse. In electronic instances, nodes are often thought of as being small enough to fit. In addition, holding down the two keys to the immediate left of the space bar highlights the "hot" words (or anchors) on the screen. ![]() Holding down the Shift key and clicking the Link icon moves the reader back to the previous node. The Link icon activates the link with the highest priority. The up arrow key similarly moves the reader one level out. The down arrow key moves the reader one level deeper into the current cluster. The right and left arrow keys take the reader from the current to the adjacent node regardless of whether these two nodes are linked. The Storyspace Reader contains a toolbar with a rosette of arrows resembling a compass. Each offers the reader a different view of the hyperbook, and lets them navigate with different tools. Works written in Storyspace may be packaged for distribution using one of three readers: Storyspace, Page, Easy.
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