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Pearltrees: A Design Interface for Remapping the Web - ReadWrite. PearlTrees: A Novel Approach To Human Mapping Of The Internet - Posted by Tom Foremski - November 16, 2009 Patrice Lamothe is the CEO of PearlTrees, an unique social bookmarking service that uses the visual metaphor of "pearls" with each containing a web page.

PearlTrees: A Novel Approach To Human Mapping Of The Internet -

And like all visual metaphors it is best to see it rather than read a description. Louis Gray. Louisgray.com. Pearltrees - Pearltrees: Visual Mapping of The Web. Pearltrees was in private beta until last month, and I had a demo with the co-founders last week.

Pearltrees - Pearltrees: Visual Mapping of The Web

This innovative Web 2.0 app allows web users to build visual “maps” that organize web pages visually using “pearls” within a tree structure, see the picture above. Via a browser add-on, internet users can transform their daily browsing experience into a visual “pearl tree” and share it with other Pearltrees members. I like the concept a lot but it needs some user interface improvements, such as allowing actions from a contextual menu: delete, add as friend, play the map, explore neighborhood (and more) should be accessible with a right click.