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I'm glad you and John know what you're talking about!!!  Years ago, a 
local public library  wanted to offer internet access to patrons so a 
group of us volunteered to give assistance.  One of the other volunteers 
was a web designer.  Her mantra was: keep it simple.  She said she was 
definitely a content person & believed that people want to be able to 
get the info they want easily.  I totally agree with her.  When things 
get cute or layered I leave because I'm visiting the site for 
information, not to admire code intricacies.  I just want the information!
Laney
Linda Mirams wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:22:31 -0800, Laney Humphrey wrote
> > I kinda think maybe I understood a little bit of what you said.  I must 
> > say I don't enjoy browzing the new classified format nearly as much as I 
> > did the old because it's just too much work to get down to the pertinent 
> > info: size, age and then back out. But I've gotten brainwashed I guess 
> > into accepting that fancier set ups like the new version are what the 
> > web will look like.  Since I only window shop, I'll just probably do 
> > less of it since it isn't as much fun any more.
>
> It's OK.  I know something that may help convince John :-)
>
> John, draw a finite state diagram of the user's interaction with
> the old interface, then draw one of the new interface.
>
> That is what the Xerox PARC computer-human interface people do.
> The more nodes, the more loops, the less symmetric the picture,
> the worse the interface is.
>
> Linda M.


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