Comments on: Category Map http://dharmasphere.org/2005/05/06/category-map/ The change is coming Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:41:18 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Prem http://dharmasphere.org/2005/05/06/category-map/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Prem Wed, 11 May 2005 09:17:39 +0000 http://www.dharmasphere.org/2005/05/03/category-map/#comment-39 <strong><em>"you’re on to it dude!"</em></strong> Well, perhaps not... <a href="http://www.zeldman.com/daily/0405d.shtml">Here</a> and <a href="http://www.zeldman.com/daily/0505a.shtml">here</a> Jeffrey Zeldman slates these "tag clouds" and everything to do with them. His basic points are that: a) Tag clouds are too popular that they're offensive and, more importantly... b) They break the <em>parent-child</em> model that traditionally represents a category that is sub-divided into distinct and unique sub-categories. On the other hand, tag clouds <em>do</em> convey a very real relationship between posts that contain similar "tags" (that is, "categories" or "keywords"). I would like to see a blending of the <em>tag cloud</em> approach with the <em>parent-child</em> approach to get the best of both worlds. “you’re on to it dude!”

Well, perhaps not…
Here and here Jeffrey Zeldman slates these “tag clouds” and everything to do with them.

His basic points are that:
a) Tag clouds are too popular that they’re offensive and, more importantly…

b) They break the parent-child model that traditionally represents a category that is sub-divided into distinct and unique sub-categories.

On the other hand, tag clouds do convey a very real relationship between posts that contain similar “tags” (that is, “categories” or “keywords”).

I would like to see a blending of the tag cloud approach with the parent-child approach to get the best of both worlds.

]]> By: Madhava http://dharmasphere.org/2005/05/06/category-map/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Madhava Thu, 05 May 2005 10:55:22 +0000 http://www.dharmasphere.org/2005/05/03/category-map/#comment-22 Very interesting. I'd like to have a look at the code for that ... you're on to it dude! Very interesting. I’d like to have a look at the code for that … you’re on to it dude!

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