Re: WANTED: Design for documentation (Photoshop power users!)

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

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Am Samstag, 25. Oktober 2008 schrieb Robin Bannister:
> This is currently displayed as
>    << Back to Documentation Index
>
> _a___
> I suppose the "<<" is echoing the "<<" in the navbar.
> There, it means up and along,
> i.e to the preceding position in the linear sequence of higher nodes.
>
> But in this case there is no established linear sequence.
> It is therefore meaningless or confusing.

... but the "<<" indicates that this is a navigational element, not a 
header...

> _b___
> "Back to" implies that the reader has been there.
> But those who came via search results or a mailing list post have not.

True!

> _c___
> When you click on [Index] in the navbar, you are taken to "Lilypond Index"
> or somesuch; a long detailed list, such as you see in the back of books.
> This is what the reader is meant to understand by "Index".
>
> So "Documentation Index" raises the wrong expectations.
> This "Index" is surely web coder jargon; it doesn't belong at the user
> level.

How about "Overview" instead of "Index"?

> K
> I suggest removing "<<", "Back to" and "Index".
> "Documentation" is probably sufficient.

As I said in my previous mail, I don't agree with that suggestion. I therefore 
propose "<< Documentation Overview" unless someone can come up with something 
better than "<<", which also indicates a navigational element.

Cheers,
Reinhold

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