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Subject:Re: Chunking Web Information From:"Parks, Beverly" <ParksB -at- EMH1 -dot- HQISEC -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Tue, 18 Aug 1998 09:17:05 -0700
Maybe we should consider how the content will be used. If you *expect*
that your viewers will want to print the content, then cater to that. If
you expect that the content will be primarily viewed online, then cater
to that. Design for the rule, not the exception.
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: Brian, Flaherty [SMTP:bflaher -at- INDCON -dot- COM]
>
> On one hand, chunking favors online readability. It is easier to view
> discreet units of information online.
>
> On the other hand, *printability* suffers. If you chuck info, the
> user
> has to click to get to pages of related information, then click the
> Print button. If the related information is all on one page, the user
> just has to click print and get all the subtopics and information
> related to that subject in one action (as opposed to several *select
> page* and *print page* actions for information that is discreetly
> chunked over several web pages).
>
> My opinion on this subject for whatever it's worth.
>
