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> Here's mine -- it's not exactly the same as the
> one I did for work, as I've cut out the sarcastic
> comments about some of the presenters :->
Aw...
> One very interesting point they made was that studies
> show that, contrary to our visual instincts, it's
> actually better ergonomically to have clickable TOCs
> and links on the right side of the page rather than
> the left for easier mousing.
That *is* interesting. It makes sense, but did they say if they had done any
usability testing? I wonder if the left-side index is so ingrained that you would
lose more than you gain by moving it to the right. Did they have any examples of
sites that use it?
Tracy
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Tracy Boyington mailto:tracy_boyington -at- okvotech -dot- org
Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education
Stillwater, Oklahoma http://www.okvotech.org/cimc
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