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Subject:Re: Chunking Web Information From:"Brian, Flaherty" <bflaher -at- INDCON -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 18 Aug 1998 12:08:34 -0400
To chunk or not to chunk???
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.
