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Subject:Re: New study on writing for the web From:Bob Morrisette <writer1 -at- SABU -dot- ENG -dot- SUN -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 21 Jan 1998 11:26:00 -0800
My employer, Sun Microsystems, recently completed a study on
writing for the web and it is now available on the web. There
are a lot of interesting things, including their finding that
79% scan web pages without reading them. Here is the URL:
www.useit.com/papers/webwriting
Bob Morrisette
writer1 -at- sabu -dot- Eng -dot- sun -dot- com