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If you had to put a year on it, when would you say the web became meaningfully "interactive"? Meaning when did we go from static pages of longform text to dynamic components streaming live data and flying 3D interactive articles? Articles / refs with historical detail welcome 🙏

Amy Hoy

@amyhoy

Jan 2

disagree with the idea that animations=interactive or that animations have to exist for interactivity

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True, I didn't mention animation though :)

6:43 PM · Jan 2, 2022Twitter Web App

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you can’t “fly 3d” without animation

Also true, hence the "flying 3D interactive article" descriptor. Flying + meaningfully interactive vs. just flying + pseduo-"interactive". Was using fuzzy, leaky language to mean this type of work:

distill.pub

Communicating with Interactive Articles

Examining the design of interactive articles by synthesizing theory from disciplines such as education, journalism, and visualization.