Comments on: Tag Clouds Evolve: Understanding Tag Clouds http://www.joelamantia.com/ideas/tag-clouds-evolve-understanding-tag-clouds experience design, emerging media, business and technology Sat, 06 Aug 2011 18:46:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: links for 2010-09-11 - Maven Services http://www.joelamantia.com/ideas/tag-clouds-evolve-understanding-tag-clouds/comment-page-1#comment-410 links for 2010-09-11 - Maven Services Sat, 11 Sep 2010 23:04:57 +0000 http://www.joelamantia.com/wp_test/?p=106#comment-410 [...] Tag Clouds Evolve: Understanding Tag Clouds — Joe Lamantia.com (tags: None) [...] […] Tag Clouds Evolve: Understanding Tag Clouds — Joe Lamantia.com (tags: None) […]

]]> By: Thomas http://www.joelamantia.com/ideas/tag-clouds-evolve-understanding-tag-clouds/comment-page-1#comment-402 Thomas Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:49:17 +0000 http://www.joelamantia.com/wp_test/?p=106#comment-402 Very interesting ... i will update imeji.fr tag cloud generation to follow your ideas. Thanks a lot. Very interesting … i will update imeji.fr tag cloud generation to follow your ideas.

Thanks a lot.

]]> By: xero http://www.joelamantia.com/ideas/tag-clouds-evolve-understanding-tag-clouds/comment-page-1#comment-61 xero Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:42:20 +0000 http://www.joelamantia.com/wp_test/?p=106#comment-61 this is a great article. yew bring up some very interesting points. "Semantic Field As Tag Cloud" but i have to agree w/ michiel. yer cloud i VERY clutterd. you need to think about word spacing, and css font sizes. you largest if too large i think. this is a great article. yew bring up some very interesting points. “Semantic Field As Tag Cloud“
but i have to agree w/ michiel. yer cloud i VERY clutterd. you need to think about word spacing, and css font sizes. you largest if too large i think.

]]> By: Ron Suarez http://www.joelamantia.com/ideas/tag-clouds-evolve-understanding-tag-clouds/comment-page-1#comment-60 Ron Suarez Tue, 07 Mar 2006 10:14:17 +0000 http://www.joelamantia.com/wp_test/?p=106#comment-60 I assume many people try to eliminate unnecessary tags that they have created. I retag items with existing tags that already have a larger number of links. So, an interesting design might be a system that makes this process easier. <b>Users need to minimize the length of their lists:</b> I think it is the responsibility of the individual to "tend to" their tag cloud, but the system needs to encourage this and minimize the need to do this housekeeping very frequently. I assume many people try to eliminate unnecessary tags that they have created. I retag items with existing tags that already have a larger number of links. So, an interesting design might be a system that makes this process easier.
Users need to minimize the length of their lists:
I think it is the responsibility of the individual to “tend to” their tag cloud, but the system needs to encourage this and minimize the need to do this housekeeping very frequently.

]]> By: joe lamantia http://www.joelamantia.com/ideas/tag-clouds-evolve-understanding-tag-clouds/comment-page-1#comment-59 joe lamantia Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:20:42 +0000 http://www.joelamantia.com/wp_test/?p=106#comment-59 Graham, I've always enjoyed the visual thesaurus. Could you say more about how tag clouds demonstrate span and depth? Sounds like an interesting idea. Graham,
I’ve always enjoyed the visual thesaurus.
Could you say more about how tag clouds demonstrate span and depth? Sounds like an interesting idea.

]]> By: Graham English http://www.joelamantia.com/ideas/tag-clouds-evolve-understanding-tag-clouds/comment-page-1#comment-58 Graham English Mon, 27 Feb 2006 06:21:59 +0000 http://www.joelamantia.com/wp_test/?p=106#comment-58 Your tag cloud looks great on Safari on my Mac. Another practical and creative demonstration of semantic fields is the software Visual Thesaurus: <a href="http://www.visualthesaurus.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.visualthesaurus.com/</a> I use it constantly and I like its 3D display which many tag clouds try to do through font coloring. Tags not only demonstrate semantic relationships, but heirarchies. Span AND depth. Great article. Your tag cloud looks great on Safari on my Mac.
Another practical and creative demonstration of semantic fields is the software Visual Thesaurus: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/
I use it constantly and I like its 3D display which many tag clouds try to do through font coloring.
Tags not only demonstrate semantic relationships, but heirarchies. Span AND depth.
Great article.

]]> By: joe lamantia http://www.joelamantia.com/ideas/tag-clouds-evolve-understanding-tag-clouds/comment-page-1#comment-57 joe lamantia Fri, 24 Feb 2006 02:45:34 +0000 http://www.joelamantia.com/wp_test/?p=106#comment-57 thanks for the constructive criticism, Michiel. there are a lot of tags in the cloud right now - it's showing all tags ever used. i think it's early to say that long clouds are definitively bad - we scroll long lists often without much difficulty, and a cloud is at heart a form of list - but i agree that the layout i'm using right now was not designed to incorporate a big cloud in the left column, and needs some work. to take on some of these issues, i'm planning some changes to the way clouds appear across the site, based on what I've seen working well and not well in this first experiment... here's my thoughts: 1. create different clouds for different time spans, as you suggested, and a la flickr. maybe an all-time cloud for all tags ever used, a smaller cloud for entries in the last 90 days, and a category specific cloud for each category? 2. offer clouds based on location within the site. the all-time cloud might appear in the archives, with search results, and with tag results. the 90 days cloud might appear on the homepage and on individual entries. the category cloud could appear on the category archive pages, and on the individual archive pages. how does this sound? thanks for the constructive criticism, Michiel. there are a lot of tags in the cloud right now — it’s showing all tags ever used.
i think it’s early to say that long clouds are definitively bad — we scroll long lists often without much difficulty, and a cloud is at heart a form of list — but i agree that the layout i’m using right now was not designed to incorporate a big cloud in the left column, and needs some work.
to take on some of these issues, i’m planning some changes to the way clouds appear across the site, based on what I’ve seen working well and not well in this first experiment…
here’s my thoughts:
1. create different clouds for different time spans, as you suggested, and a la flickr. maybe an all-time cloud for all tags ever used, a smaller cloud for entries in the last 90 days, and a category specific cloud for each category?
2. offer clouds based on location within the site. the all-time cloud might appear in the archives, with search results, and with tag results. the 90 days cloud might appear on the homepage and on individual entries. the category cloud could appear on the category archive pages, and on the individual archive pages.
how does this sound?

]]> By: Michiel http://www.joelamantia.com/ideas/tag-clouds-evolve-understanding-tag-clouds/comment-page-1#comment-56 Michiel Thu, 23 Feb 2006 21:10:00 +0000 http://www.joelamantia.com/wp_test/?p=106#comment-56 Interesting post. I couldn't help but notice that your own tag cloud on the right sidebar is a cluttered mess. It's longer than my screen (which is bad) and I think it actually impedes navigation. Have you thought about cutting off all entries with fewer than X mentions? Interesting post. I couldn’t help but notice that your own tag cloud on the right sidebar is a cluttered mess. It’s longer than my screen (which is bad) and I think it actually impedes navigation.
Have you thought about cutting off all entries with fewer than X mentions?

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