Re: Non-technical introduction to Web Design
Stan Brown wrote:
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> "Andrew Poulos" wrote in comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.html:
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>>Stan Brown wrote:
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>>>"Andrew Poulos" wrote in comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.html:
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>>>>Providing a number of different ways to navigate about a page is a good
>>>>thing.
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>>>Why?
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>>>It seems to me that all those extra links are distracting. The user
>>>already knows how to get to the top of the current page (and yes,
>>>there are multiple ways in most browsers). Providing links is just
>>>surplusage .[/color]
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>>Fine, if you don't want them on your web page then please don't include
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> Like most flippant answers, that one ignores the actual point.
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The reply is, as you call it, flippant because there is no point to
contest. One person thinks 'back to top' links are extraneous and
another thinks otherwise.
Andrew Poulos
Stan Brown wrote:
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> "Andrew Poulos" wrote in comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.html:
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>>Stan Brown wrote:
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>>>"Andrew Poulos" wrote in comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.html:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Providing a number of different ways to navigate about a page is a good
>>>>thing.
>>>
>>>Why?
>>>
>>>It seems to me that all those extra links are distracting. The user
>>>already knows how to get to the top of the current page (and yes,
>>>there are multiple ways in most browsers). Providing links is just
>>>surplusage .[/color]
>>
>>Fine, if you don't want them on your web page then please don't include
>>them.[/color]
>
>
> Like most flippant answers, that one ignores the actual point.
>[/color]
The reply is, as you call it, flippant because there is no point to
contest. One person thinks 'back to top' links are extraneous and
another thinks otherwise.
Andrew Poulos
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