On Dec 14, 2007 6:13 AM, Eric Lease Morgan <emorgan_at_nd.edu> wrote:
>
> Yep, exactly; I would expect "context management" sorts of services
> to be opt-in in nature.
>
I actually disagree with this mentality. The "context management"
should be smart enough to know the context you're in, otherwise it's
not terribly contextual, right?
I think the point is, the majority will never go out of their way for
a feature, regardless of how much it might benefit them, either out of
ignorance of the upside or laziness or ambivalence. Like 'advanced
search' (although that's probably not the best analogy).
Granted, since we can't hope for contextual perfection right away,
there needs to be some way to 'jump around contexts', but having to
choose your context upfront would be the path not taken, I imagine.
-Ross.
Received on Sun Dec 16 2007 - 09:33:20 EST