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Subject:Re: Print to Web Rationale From:Bill Bledsoe <bill -at- ENVISION -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 13 Aug 1996 09:39:10 -0500
YES, YES, YES!!!!!!!
There are a litany of reasons why you cannot get away with it. You will be
short changing your users bigtime if you do. I strongly suggest William
Horton's book "Designing and Writing Online Documentation. Refer to the
"Gitso principle" if you want to know more about what's wrong with slamming
stuff on line.
cheers,
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Bill Bledsoe
Envision Solutions
bill -at- envision -dot- com
or
intlidox -at- anet-stl -dot- com
"I'm out on a limb where the fun begins"
Adrian Belew/The Bears
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From: Natalie K Griffith[SMTP:grif0028 -at- MAROON -dot- TC -dot- UMN -dot- EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 1996 8:48 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list TECHWR-L
Subject: Print to Web Rationale
Hello Everyone:
Have any of you seen any good sources that clearly illustrate WHY print
documents cannot simply be translated directly to HTML without re-design?
I can (and have) make an intelligent presentation about designing web sites
and pages for effective delivery of information, but still run into
project managers who need/want the information from some other authority.
I'd appreciate any pointers to print, Web or other sources.
Thanks!
Natalie Griffith
WWW Editor at ISP http://www.isp.umn.edu
grif0028 -at- maroon -dot- tc -dot- umn -dot- edu
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