Question: how do I “go to selected node”? That is: how do I go from a graph for paper X, to the graph for paper Y which is part of X’s graph? Clicking a connected node just selects it, double-clicking does nothing, clicking paper title in the detail view takes me to an external site for the paper…
EDIT: Ah, the little “Connected Papers” icon under the “Open in:” inline heading in the detail view. However, that opens the paper in a new window/tab, which is not necessarily what I want…
My suggestion would be to make double-clicking on a node “go to” that node, i.e. load the Connected Papers view for that node in the same window, replacing the current view. (Ideally, this would not involve a full page load, but would replace the content, SPA-style. This would also necessarily be the proper design of this interaction for mobile platforms.)
EDIT 2: Another (additional, ideally) UI approach for this would be for entries in the paper list at the left to have a “go to this node” icon, something like this:
Hey, Said. That’s some great feedback! I’ll share it with the team. We’ve been debating for some time about the best way to design this interaction (open a node as a graph). Your suggestions are great and we’ll definitely experiment with them. Thank you!
Question: how do I “go to selected node”? That is: how do I go from a graph for paper X, to the graph for paper Y which is part of X’s graph? Clicking a connected node just selects it, double-clicking does nothing, clicking paper title in the detail view takes me to an external site for the paper…
EDIT: Ah, the little “Connected Papers” icon under the “Open in:” inline heading in the detail view. However, that opens the paper in a new window/tab, which is not necessarily what I want…
My suggestion would be to make double-clicking on a node “go to” that node, i.e. load the Connected Papers view for that node in the same window, replacing the current view. (Ideally, this would not involve a full page load, but would replace the content, SPA-style. This would also necessarily be the proper design of this interaction for mobile platforms.)
EDIT 2: Another (additional, ideally) UI approach for this would be for entries in the paper list at the left to have a “go to this node” icon, something like this:
(but of course with more subtle styling, etc.)
Hey, Said. That’s some great feedback! I’ll share it with the team.
We’ve been debating for some time about the best way to design this interaction (open a node as a graph). Your suggestions are great and we’ll definitely experiment with them. Thank you!