Wednesday, February 27, 2008

How much autonomy do we want?

Having experienced MYST and the discussion over autonomy on web surfing, I start to wonder if people really want complete freedom and full control over Internet space. MYST was designed to give people a lot of control and freedom over first person’s action, however, I felt annoyed by the freedom I was given, the possibilities of every movement and its insignificance toward the whole plot. Examples as opening of the drawer, coming in and out of the plant house…etc. I wish the game could be more direct which leads me through the story. Same idea applies to the web surfing, too much freedom could confuse people easily of where they want to go and what they want to see. Search engines such as Google and Yahoo established this framework which directs us to the next step. This framework keeps us on the right direction while giving us enough choice and freedom.

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