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Book Contents

Acknowledgments

Interactive Media and the Writer

1 Interactivity and the Writer

Chapter Overview

Defining Interactive Multimedia and the Interactive Writer

Defining a Few Terms

Types of Interactive Multimedia

The Role of the Interactive Writer

Interactivity Versus Control

Potential Interactivity

Limits to Interactivity

Thinking Interactively

Thinking of All the Possibilities

Knowing the User

Immediate or Direct Links: An Action

Indirect Links: A Reaction

Intelligent Links or Delayed Links: A Delayed Reaction

High-Level Design and Information Architecture

Structure as an Interactive Device

Interface Design

Interactive Devices

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