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At 08:40 AM 7/3/97 -0400, Karen Pogue wrote:
>
>I'm looking for feedback and experience with online documentation in
>regards to layout, design, and usability. What I am interested in is,
>"how do you control how the user navigates within your pages when they
>are free to move from link to link?"
1) If it's important that they get ALL of a certain section, then don't put
any links in that section. If there's additional information they might want
to look at, put a "See also:" at the bottom with the links.
2) If there are links in a section, but it's likely the user will need to
return, either put a "Return" link at the other end, or put the linked
information in a popup or secondary window.
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