RE: online Documents

[Colin Sutton <colin.sutton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Another source of information on formatting information for the web is 
http://orbitaccess.com/, which covers multiple browsers including the 
PalmV and IBM's home page reader for the visually impaired.

It has a review of the Web Accessibility of the Presidential Candidate 
Sites, December 9, 1999 (http://orbitaccess.com/presidential/index.html) 
that makes interesting reading (from a technical viewpoint, of course :-), 
and a good list of further references
(http://orbitaccess.com/presidential/resources.html).

Colin Sutton
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Emory [mailto:danemory@primenet.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 11 May 2000 2:21
> To: TECHWR-L; Free Framers
> Subject: RE:online Documents
> 
> 
> 
> A week or two ago, I posted a lengthy dissertation that cited
experimental 
> results indicating substantial reductions in comprehension  and retention 
> when when people attempt to read typical on-line docs,  particularly those

> of a technical nature.  Those and other studies also  indicated that there

> are significant improvements when such documents resemble the  typography 
> and layout of well-designed printed books. A number of you  asked me to 
> provide some citations for those findings.
> 
> Although I believe most net surfers and users of  on-line help would 
> confirm these findings from their own experience,  I provide  below some 
> additional citations bearing on the issues discussed in my  earlier post
on 
> this thread.
> 
> First, try the "Human-Computer Interactions Bibliography" at 
> http://www.hcibib.org. This site has a pretty good search 
> engine and a big 
> list of abstracts.
> 
> This recent thesis addresses the issue. Also the bibliography in this 
> thesis seems to have several relevant references: 
> http://www.users.redcreek.net/mullanp/Thesis/intro.htm
> 
> Dr. Jakob Neilsen has a web site with a big collection of his  articles on

> web readability and usability: http://www.useit.com/
> Take a look at the list of articles under the "Alertbox"  heading, then 
> browse around. Given his status in the field, he would  probably be a good

> person to ask about further sources.

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