Re: Last call: Intro, SGML, MIME sections
Alex Hopmann (hopmann@holonet.net)
Thu, 4 May 95 17:51:50 EDT
>Dan said:
>
>> * Hypertext structure. How do you like the glossary?
>> Are the links sprinkled throughout too much noise?
>
>Having each and every occurence of a gloss word made into a link does
>give a rather busy effect. However, as one cannot assume that people
>have read the pages in a given order or indeed that they started reading
>at the top of a page, the normal printed document conventions do not
>aply.
>
>My feeling is that the increase in precision is probably worth the
>sub-optimal aesthetics. It does mean that other links becomne a little
>buried, however.
You know, at the risk of adding "more features", something was occuring to
me while I was reading the document (and looking at all the links). Having
all the glossary entries linked is useful, but it would be nice if they
would stand out from the more "major" hyperlinks. It would be interesting to
be able to distinguish a link as a glossary link or a non-glossary link and
have the browser render them differently (Maybe make the glossary entries
more subtle).
Just a thought...
Alex Hopmann
ResNova Software, Inc.
hopmann@holonet.net