[Data-modeling] new Freebase application online: Thinkbase

[Ed Laurent]

A couple comments from a user:

The graph visualization can get rather busy quickly. There is a nice right
click feature to Expand but none to Collapse. It would be nice if a right
click collapse was possible.

I also suggest a feature to open the graph in a new window/tab so there is
more real estate for viewing it. It would be nice if the zoom and pan
capabilities were still available in this new presentation.

Combined, these features would allow me to tailor the graph display in a way
that makes a clean screen capture. The figure could then be used to champion
Freebase to others who are not techy.

The app has locked up on me when I copy the "Share" URL and paste it in a
new tab. The new tab loads the app but not the data. It seems to happen more
with busy graphs.

It is also a little difficult to copy the URL. It would be nice if there was
a button to copy it to the clipboard or if that copy was automatically
implemented when "Share" was pushed.

I really, really like this app. Great job!
-Ed

On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 11:59 PM, Jeff Thompson <jeff at thefirst.org> wrote:

> Congrats on a great application.  Is this a pure client-side which only
> queries freebase.com, or when I click a node does it need to
> communicate with thinkbase.cs.auckland.ac.nz?  (I'm wondering if it
> would scale up with many users or melt your server.)
>
> Christian Hirsch wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I've just added a new Freebase application: "Thinkbase"
> > (http://thinkbase.cs.auckland.ac.nz)
> >
> > Thinkbase is a visual navigation and exploration tool for Freebase. The
> > application is divided into two frames. The left frame displays an
> > interactive visual representation of the Freebase contents and its
> > semantic relationships in the form of a graph. Each node in the graph
> > represents a Freebase article. The right frame displays the
> > corresponding articles in Freebase. Further features, such as expanding
> > / collapsing nodes and performing a search in Wikipedia or Google, are
> > accessible through the context menu (right click on nodes). See the
> > 'About' page for more details.
> >
> > Here is the Freebase apps entry:
> > http://www.freebase.com/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000083ce2b8
> >
> > Feedback very welcome :)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Christian Hirsch
> >
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