A Brief Tour Through Pad++
Jonathan Meyer, April 1997
The Pad++ Metaphor
What exactly is meant by zooming?
Why zoom? Three example applications
1. An outline viewer
Interaction with the outline view
Hypermedia presentations using outlines
2. A file browser
Semantic zooming in the file browser
3. An HTML browser
Preserving history in the HTML browser
Other Pad++ features
Portals - twists in Pad++ space
Portals vs Windows
Hyperlinks
Sticky objects
Sticky portals as indexes
Portal filtering and 'magic lenses'
Other uses for lenses
Conclusion
Web Accessibility