Is there a specific name for the art and craft of presenting a topic online (as a web page) using a flow of text interspersed with interactive activities?
Whatever the name of this approach, quantamagazine is definitely good at it!
Whatever the name of this approach, quantamagazine is definitely good at it!
Another interesting term from the wiki link is "active essays":
> The related term "active essays" was used by Alan Kay to refer to text-based explorable explanations
But I don't know if by text-based he meant strictly no visuals. Like just ASCII art? :-)
Search results seem to indicate he was referring to text based plus interactive components something something Java(script?). I’m not a programmer and know less about the history..
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia
Multimedia refers to the integration of multiple forms of content such as text, audio, images, video, and interactive elements into a single digital platform or application.
Including video in particular tends to highjack the experience (you switch mode), whereas interactive elements that you explore as you keep reading feel more integrated.