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When developing a website, you are also designing an interface. As you browse different websites, you often encounter the same concept: various categories and subcategories. This site is no different. The concept has been around since the 1970s, if not earlier, originating as a familiar way to catalog content on a hard drive. This approach to organizing information was directly borrowed from how paper documents were managed in filing cabinets with folders. This method has its pros and cons; on one hand, it’s familiar to users, but on the other hand, it limits a holistic view of how information can be handled with the powerful tool that is a computer.
I have a rough idea on how we can have the best of both worlds. Our site offers a text search feature (look for the magnify glass) that works seamlessly with the criteria you want to search for, such as "Steinitz" or "mp3." In the first case, it will list all entries with the word "Steinitz." In the second, it will show all entries containing an mp3 file. You can also search by a title, for example, "Hello." We’ve started to implement a list of search phrases you can use. Currently, we’ve only added the search phrase "soft music," which will list all calm and harmonious songs, very much to Steinitz’s taste. This list will be updated here.
From an interface design perspective (gränssnittsdesignsperspektiv in swedish, 28 letters!), the goal of the site is to provide users with a free and holistic way to navigate. Art in all its forms—whether literature, music, mathematics, or any of the other subjects listed in the header—is inherently holistic, and all these subjects interconnect.