Zoomable Browse Maps

I've re-implemented the browse map concept in flash with mouseover feedback and onclick drill down to associated information: links followed, time on page, etc. This map shows the history of the whole window, providing a tab independent history.

The current long range goal is to make this available in the sidebar and use zooming to deal with screen real estate issues.  The discontinuities seen below, in between progressive nodes with no connecting lines, result from browser UI url  acquisition, not link following.

The browser, as opposed to page, acquired urls are likely to correspond to different tasks or at least different subgoals.  I'm excited about capturing this as well as about the utility of full window history functionality.
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Prior Spiral Art

The spiral approach to visualization is not new and it's applicability to temporal data is well argued.  Rhizome's used it to great success to show a temporal trace of the site's acitivity.  See also a PeterMe discussion and a 2001 InfoVis pub,
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