Hypertext Hands-On!

Apart from this course text, the book Hypertext Hands-On! by Ben Shneiderman and Greg Kearsley, is also a good example of a hands-on hyperdocument on hypertext and hypermedia. The book is a (slightly modified) printout of a hyperdocument, delivered with the book on two floppies. Not only does this provide for some hands-on experience with a hypermedia system and a hyperdocument, the presence of a printed version gives you a unique opportunity to experience the difference between reading a book and browsing a hyperdocument (with the same information content).

The hypermedia engine used for this hyperdocument is Hyperties, a relatively simple software package for the IBM PC.

See [SK89], ISBN: 0-201-15171-5, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.