Displaying content as a graph: An exploration (opens in new tab)

Most web content is designed to display with a strict hierarchy, tree-based or otherwise. What if it wasn’t? What does it mean to display content as a graph? Why hierarchies are common Why use something different? Serve multiple mental models Write better documentation Improve content reuse Improve machine legibility Why don’t we display content as a graph? It’s difficult to design It’s confusing for readers It’s too flexible It’s difficult to write chunked content Sparse content and dense co...