Re: Where do you place the Glossary hyperlink?

Subject: Re: Where do you place the Glossary hyperlink?
From: Rachel Rawlings <rachel -at- scrivovivo -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 22:22:04 -0400


John Posada wrote:

>The term "Subject Population" is hyperlinked to the term in the
>Glossary. Do you hyperlink the term in the header or in the body? My
>instinct is to use the term in the body and if the term shows up more
>than once in the paragraph, I only hyperlink only the first instance
>in the body. Does anyone strongly agree or disagree?
>
Strongly agree. Hyperlinks in headers are easily missed by many readers,
and emphasizing/linking the first use in a passage is consistent with
the design of most printed textbooks. If I wanted to link from the
header as well, I'd use a glossary or (i)nfo icon following the term,
similar to the way Wikipedia uses an icon to indicate external links.


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