Comment by ai_ia
6 years ago
>I'm convinced the web browser can help us improve upon maths textbooks printed on paper, but there aren't many 'hypertextbooks' like this in existence (partly, I think, because most people positioned to author a maths textbook want to use latex;
We have much better tools right now such as Jupyter notebook which as accessible to everyone. However, your concept of hyper textbook is intriguing.
What do you mean by that? Can a webpage be an hypertextbook? Then aren't all online books already hypertext books?
Anyways, I am working to build a different medium of learning called Primer. The courses on Primer are basically books that teaches you through conversation. It offers much more than that though. Creates latex pdf, generates flash cards , implements SRS etc. Can you check if Primer matches your description of Hypertextbook.
www.primerlabs.io
Interesting concept, Primer. Just a note: Scrolling is rather erratic on my iPad.
I am aware of that issue. I added parallax and regretted it.
I will change the front page once I launch in March.
The website works well in Dekstop only.
Thanks!
I saw the word hypertextbook somewhere online once and it just stuck in my head. For me, it has come to mean a textbook (so, beautifully typeset, well organised and written, easy to tell where I am, distraction-free) enhanced with code (keep track of learning, tasteful interactives, maybe video, a smattering of ai perhaps). A webpage/app lends itself to this nicely. If I'm honest, the idea is a little inchoate but my instincts tell me there's something to it.
Primer looks like an interesting system - I'm on the mailing list, good luck!