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Eidola Notation Gallery
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Eidola Notation Gallery
Discussion
Eidola home
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Possible Eidola Notations
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What are some notations ideas we should implement for Eidola?
How can we focus on high-level structure? Low-level? Design? Development?
Each of the many dimensions of program structure? And how can we make an intuitive,
efficient user interface for editing something so complex?
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Zooming Structograms
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A UML-like graphical presentation of classes which zooms between detail at
different levels.
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The Fibrani Brace
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An idea for showing expression and block structure in a textual notation, and making
parts of the code collapsible for viewing at different levels of detail.
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Semantic Layering
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Photoshop's layers might provide a model for selectively showing different subsets of
a program's many aspects.
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Pictorial Metaphors
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We're used to using icons for files; why not for program elements?
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Virtual Reality Fantasies
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"A language built for Gibsonspace..."
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Next exhibit: Notations and Visualizations >>
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