Upon scrolling through the various artists listed, the title "The Visual Thesaurus" stood out to me in that I wondered how exactly a thesaurus could be rendered visually. Upon clicking on the site, I found that it works by showing how different words connect to one another in their meanings and synonyms in the form of a web. By searching for a word, one can come across many alternate words for it, find out if it is a noun, verb, etc., and get a definition for it. From there, clicking on synonyms will allow users to explore the synonyms for those words.
I found this website to be especially intriguing in how it works in transmitting information by working like a person's train of thought. I saw that it is much like a visually oriented Wikipedia but for just words instead of encyclopedia articles. Of course, because of this surfing option, the site would work better when users have time to spare instead of needing a quick definition. With this more innovative way to look up words, the site and its program can be considered new media in how it utilizes programs to illustrate the complexity of the English language.
