Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!cimshop!davidm From: cimshop!davidm@uunet.UU.NET (David S. Masterson) Newsgroups: comp.multimedia Subject: Re: Multimedia, Hypermedia, Hypertext? Message-ID: Date: 6 Feb 91 22:35:24 GMT References: <1991Feb04.124036.340@abblund.se> <1991Feb5.140305.9957@cbnewsh.att.com> Sender: davidm@cimshop.UUCP Distribution: comp Organization: Consilium Inc., Mountain View, California Lines: 22 In-reply-to: rkl@cbnewsh.att.com's message of 5 Feb 91 14:03:05 GMT >>>>> On 5 Feb 91 14:03:05 GMT, rkl@cbnewsh.att.com (kevin.laux) said: Kevin> Hypermedia is a method of linking/organizing media. It does not have Kevin> to interactive. Interactive should describe the relationship that Kevin> occurs between the user and the application, not how the application is Kevin> internally structured. and then... Kevin> Definitely make a distinction. Non-interactive multimedia is Kevin> definitely interesting. Consider a rock concert - lighting effects Kevin> sync'd with music, flash pots, moving stages, lasers, etc. Is the rock concert merely multimedia or does it also qualify as hypermedia? -- ==================================================================== David Masterson Consilium, Inc. (415) 691-6311 640 Clyde Ct. uunet!cimshop!davidm Mtn. View, CA 94043 ==================================================================== "If someone thinks they know what I said, then I didn't say it!"