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The Challenges of Born-Digital Fiction: Editions, Translations, and Emulations: The Multimedia Accompaniment to the Print EditionMain MenuTitle PageThe Title Page of The Challenges of Born-Digital Fiction: Editions, Translations, and EmulationsMedia Assets in "Introduction: Welcome to the Funhouse!"All media assets referenced in the Introduction of The Challenges of Born-Digital Fiction: Editions, Translations, and EmulationsMedia Assets in "Chapter 1: Emulation"All media assets referenced in Chapter 1 of The Challenges of Born-Digital Fiction: Editions, Translations, and EmulationsMedia Assets in "Chapter 2: Migration & Translation"All media assets referenced in Chapter 2 of The Challenges of Born-Digital Fiction: Editions, Translations, and EmulationsMedia Assets in "Chapter 3: Versions & Editions"All media assets referenced in Chapter 3 of The Challenges of Born-Digital Fiction: Editions, Translations, and EmulationsMedia Assets in Chapter 4: Restoration & Reconstruction: Final ThoughtsAll media assets referenced in Chapter 4 of The Challenges of Born-Digital Fiction: Editions, Translations, and EmulationsBack MatterThe Back Matter of The Challenges of Born-Digital Fiction: Editions, Translations, and EmulationsDene Grigarae403ae38ea2a2cccdec0313e11579da14c92f28
The Functionality of Tinker & Bell Keys in In Small & Large Pieces
12022-11-20T12:51:54-08:00Dene Grigarae403ae38ea2a2cccdec0313e11579da14c92f284119713A video recording showing the functionality of the tinker and bells keys from Kathryn Cramer's In Small & Large Piecesplain2023-05-27T12:31:25-07:00Dene Grigarae403ae38ea2a2cccdec0313e11579da14c92f28
On the Web, links are commonly marked as underlined or colored portions of text. Before the Web such visual link labeling was not possible. Macintosh computers did not support color until Macintosh System Software 7.x in 1991. Only a specific key combination was able to trigger link highlighting. One of these methods, a combination of Cmd + Option keys, known in hypertext lore as Tinker and Bell keys, was widely used in hypertext fiction. In Kathryn Cramer’s In Small and Large Pieces the Tinkle and Bell keys method is extended to highlight not only text but also images.
To proceed with the reading and discover more portions of the story, readers need to activate hotlink areas marked on illustrations. In line with events in the story, where the shattering of a mirror serves as a major event and organizing metaphor, the links on illustrations are marked along an organic, unordered pattern, just as small and large pieces of glass would scatter.
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12022-11-15T17:35:34-08:00Dene Grigarae403ae38ea2a2cccdec0313e11579da14c92f28Media Assets in "Chapter 2: Migration & Translation"Dene Grigar27All media assets referenced in Chapter 2 of The Challenges of Born-Digital Fiction: Editions, Translations, and Emulationsplain2023-05-27T12:16:24-07:00Dene Grigarae403ae38ea2a2cccdec0313e11579da14c92f28