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Key Ideas

  1. HTML annotations change the appearance of documents so users can see which links are in the TeleWeb cache before they are traversed.
  2. Budget monitoring warns users when operations will exceed pre-specified limits.
  3. Conditional actions allow users to postpone communication (and other actions). A batch queue is monitored, and URLs are automatically fetched when operating conditions are met.
  4. Dynamic customization and configuration settings change values automatically as an effect of the changing conditions of use.

Mechanisms work together to provide an asynchronous, email-style of browsing in which the user can work disconnected by using a local cache, or trade off communication costs against information needs.

TeleWeb: Loosely Connected Access to the World Wide Web (B.Schilit,F.Douglis,D.Kristol,P.Krzyanowski,J.Sienicki,J.Trotter)