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Subject:xref vs link From:Joe Malone <joe -at- VNETTECH -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 30 Oct 1997 15:14:09 -0800
I wrote a hardcopy manual once and simply loaded it with
cross-references, feeling proud that a reader could get anywhere they
needed to go (the xrefs included page number). Reaction was negative.
Now I'm preparing to do html files for a browswer. Figured I'd load it
with referenced links between files. But will this still be a turnoff -
should I duplicate lots of info to minimize jumping around? Compromise?
