Adaptive Interactivity

This is the highest level of interactivity, while the boundary between functional and adaptive interactivity is blurred, there is a key difference. Adaptive interactivity offers a far higher level of creative control to the user, allowing the user to adapt the application or information space to fit their goals, or even their personality. At higher levels adaptive WEB sites allow the users to add or modify the site itself. At this level the distinction between author and reader becomes blurred.

More interesting, is the intelligent hyperadaptive site that interacts with the user and adapts itself to fit the user, readapting as the user's goals, knowledge, or mindset change. Well done, such a site will thoroughly engage the user, evolving as the user evolves; even acting as a mentor to the user. Constructing such site presents us with the greatest challenge, and the greatest reward. This reward will be greater when we can create hyperadaptive sites that take on a life of their own.


WEB Paradigm Why. Media Theory. History and Prehistory Print Paradigm.
Multimedia Paradigm. Hypertext Paradigm. Docuverse Paradigm. Interactive Paradigm. Conclusions