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Actually, I grumbled to the highest levels last year that unlike previous years, it was not possible to download the PDF of the conference program well in advance of the conference. It was finally made available about a week before the conference. I know that it has to go to the print vendor well in advance of the conference so why isn't it available now on the conference website? I was told last year that it would be made available earlier this year. Apparently that didn't happen. Of course, in previous years, the conference program was included in an issue of Intercom well before the conference. I can understand the desire of STC to reduce print costs but why on earth aren't they making the PDF of the program available on the conference site?
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Geoff Hart wrote:
> Do I remember correctly that a few folks were complaining about the
> inability to see the entire conference schedule at a glance? If so,
> there's a solution. First, visit the session search page:
>http://www.stc.org/55thConf/sessions/search01.asp
> To see what is going on each day, simply select the day in question
> and leave the default value beside it as "All". Don't type any keywords.
>
> Simple interface design problem: it's not obvious this would provide
> access to the whole program "at a glance" because most people will
> see the keyword field and assume they need to type something; this is
> labeled a "search" function, after all, and most of us (quite
> logically) assume that searches find only subsets of the total
> information. Few people will make the connection that you can search
> for the whole day's events, even though the default choice says "All".
>
> I've mentioned this problem to STC, so hopefully they'll fix it for
> next year. Before we get started on the inevitable "shouldn't a group
> of professional communicators have a superb Web site?" slagging of
> STC, I'll insert a note that there's a largeish committee working to
> improve the site. Yes, the site has many flaws. Yes, STC is working
> on them. It'll get better.
>
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> -- Geoff Hart
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