Re: Print to Web Rationale

[Bill Bledsoe <bill -at- ENVISION -dot- COM>]

YES, YES, YES!!!!!!!

There are a litany of reasons why you cannot get away with it. You will be
short changing your users bigtime if you do.  I strongly suggest William
Horton's book "Designing and Writing Online Documentation.  Refer to the
"Gitso principle" if you want to know more about what's wrong with slamming
stuff on line.

cheers,
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 Bill Bledsoe
 Envision Solutions
 bill -at- envision -dot- com
 or
 intlidox -at- anet-stl -dot- com

 "I'm out on a limb where the fun begins"
                Adrian Belew/The Bears
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From:   Natalie K Griffith[SMTP:grif0028 -at- MAROON -dot- TC -dot- UMN -dot- EDU]
Sent:   Tuesday, August 13, 1996 8:48 AM
To:     Multiple recipients of list TECHWR-L
Subject:        Print to Web Rationale

Hello Everyone:

Have any of you seen any good sources that clearly illustrate WHY print
documents cannot simply be translated directly to HTML without re-design?

I can (and have) make an intelligent presentation about designing web sites
and pages for effective delivery of information, but still run into
project managers who need/want the information from some other authority.

I'd appreciate any pointers to print, Web or other sources.

Thanks!

Natalie Griffith
WWW Editor at ISP
http://www.isp.umn.edu
grif0028 -at- maroon -dot- tc -dot- umn -dot- edu

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