RE: On-line vs. print (take II)?

Subject: RE: On-line vs. print (take II)?
From: "Suzanne Townsend" <suzyt -at- hfx -dot- eastlink -dot- ca>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 08:24:18 -0300


Geoff wrote:
>The expandable table of contents ... provides a relatively unobtrusive view
of the context (where you are in the system, what comes before this topic,
what comes after) simultaneously with the help text for the currently
selected topic.


How about providing a "click path" like those shown at the top of many web
sites? It shows you where you got to where you are. (And each item in the
path is a hypertext link as well.) I find that very helpful and yet
unobtrusive.
--S.



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