The mental model of timelines1. THE MENTAL MODEL
OF TIMELINES
#WIAD –WORLD IA DAY 2012
#IA2012GENT – FEBRUARI 11, 2012
WOUTER WALGRAEVE - NASCOM
52. first last
next next next next next next
53. first last
beginning end
55. before item after
older more recent
56. before item after
older items more recent items
previous page next page
64. first eldest
last most recent
65. first eldest
last most recent
66. first eldest
last most recent
67. first last
eldest most recent
68. first last
eldest most recent
last last
most recent most recent
72. C A P
R E
6
before item after
ID E 5
older items
previous page
S L more recent items
next page
73. when you click left when you click right
more recent items older items
older items more recent items
previous page next page
74. after item before
more recent items older items
previous page next page
82. IT’S OK TO GO:
clockwise
left, right, up, down
83. IT’S OK TO GO:
from to top/left to
bottom/right & vice versa
85. YOU’LL GET INTO TROUBLE WHEN YOU GO
from to bottom/left to
top/right & vice versa
87. AND YET….
visit PLURK.com, see how it challenges your mental
model of the horizontal timeline, use it for one week…
and be convinced their interface makes perfectly sense.
90. WHUFFIES TO
www.flickr.com/photos/hellmy
www.flickr.com/photos/the_diner
www.flickr.com/photos/max_zoomer
www.flickr.com/photos/rodrigodomingos
www.flickr.com/photos/7456216@N08
www.flickr.com/photos/sacred_destinations
www.flickr.com/photos/the_diner
www.flickr.com/photos/telstar