- From: Anne Pemberton <apembert@crosslink.net>
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 08:01:25 -0700
- To: karl.hebenstreit@gsa.gov
- Cc: b.kelly@ukoln.ac.uk, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Karl, My problems with webbrain weren't in how it worked to duplicate my thinking, but because it didn't. The lack of an education category in the original presentation led me to take a different path to find what I wanted. When I got there, the sites presented didn't match the path I'd taken. After clicking on Home, the Family, the Kids, I had a choice of choosing Education, but the site provided weren't at all about kids' education, but education at the higher levels. Very disappointing! When minimicking how people think, it is important to remember that there are two distint thinking approaches - one that starts with the global and goes to specifics (which is how the webbrain intends to work), and one that starts with specifics and goes to the general (which is how many search sites work with keywords, etc.) Also, you must remember that while there are users at either end of the spectrum, there are many in the muddy middle who can use either thinking method and choose when to use each. Anne At 06:10 PM 10/25/00 -0400, karl.hebenstreit@gsa.gov wrote: disabilities, since this >interface is based on an "associative computing interface" which can model >the way a person thinks about a particular task, or even the world from >their unique perspective. Anne L. Pemberton http://www.pen.k12.va.us/Pav/Academy1 http://www.erols.com/stevepem/Homeschooling apembert@crosslink.net Enabling Support Foundation http://www.enabling.org
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