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Posted by usenet+2004 on 09/26/06 11:18
dorayme:
> It is not the words that I worry about but the extreme thought
> behind it. I have agreed to the general principle. I just worry
> about extreme adherence to an ideal that is prone to ignore
> practical situations.
Extremism is a worry!
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> http://members.optushome.com.au/droovies/pics/mentioningTheMechani
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How about 'Publications' as the page heading and 'Brochures, Flyers,
Pamphlets' as the second subheading? 'Downloadable documents' I find
obvious and vague: obvious because anything available on the web is by
that very fact downloadable, and vague because 'document' is a term
used for all sorts of resources, e.g., PDF docs, HTML docs, RTF docs.
'Publications' covers both subheadings.
I'd omit the first sentence under the main heading and let the page
speak for itself. I would leave a note that the resources are all PDFs
if that is the only format they are in (the URL suffixes would be
<.pdf>).* I'd omit the last two sentences of the first paragraph. The
last one is dubious because there is nothing preventing a browser from
presenting PDFs.
If you changed the second subheading, the text under each subheading
would barely expand on its heading. I'd either elaborate if you have
something more to say, or remove them. Again, the lists of
publications pretty much speak for themselves.
The text under 'How to access these documents' reads like it is trying
to accommodate everyone. As a result, it contains little specific
instruction. I would remove the entire section or at least drastically
cut it down. For example, in the first paragraph of the page you
mention PDFs. You could make 'PDF' a link to a page about PDFs,
rendering the need to explain how to read PDFs unnecessary.
* Ideally, I would have different formats, allowing content negotiation
to serve the resource in the most preferred format.
--
Jock
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