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SWARM给互联网的启示
(2006-08-02 16:27:55)
Swarm这个单词在英文里有“蜂群”、“一大群”的意思。而眼下这个名叫Swarm的Web应用却有着更酷的含义。该应用的官方功能介绍如下：
Swarm is a graphical map of hundreds of
websites, all connecting to each other. It updates itself every
second with where people are going and coming from. As sites become
more popular, they move towards the center of the swarm.
Website traffic is symbolized with thin lines. Each time you see a line appear, it means someone has moved from one site to the other. You can gauge how many people are swarming around based on the number of lines.
Website traffic is symbolized with thin lines. Each time you see a line appear, it means someone has moved from one site to the other. You can gauge how many people are swarming around based on the number of lines.
目前Swarm的用户体验提供了图形化的http://www.swarmthe.com/go/swarm和文本化的http://www.swarmthe.com/go/textswarm两个版本。
这个有趣的Swarm的最核心的设计要点，就是与传统模式截然相反的信息组织结构。
传统的互联网应用，其信息内容组织结构都是自上而下安排好的，在客户端通过分类和搜索来进行组织。这一点近年来在Google的身上被发挥到了极致。
然而Swarm走的是完全逆反的路线。它的官方说法是：Swarm is a useful tool for browsing the web, not
searching it.
这是一种自下而上的信息组织形式，然后再客户端以shuffle的乱序来进行内容的提供。
这是一个很有意思的做法。不管Swarm的未来发展如何，它至少向我们证明了一点，那就是以Google为代表的搜索引擎并不是互联网信息组织的唯一方式。
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