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Well On The Web
How People Read/
Remember
Scannable
Writing/
Sentences & Paragraphs
Headlines,Sub-heads,
Links
Language
and Credibility
Conclusions/Sources
Elements
of Information
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Conclusion
Good hypertext writing is more than making the text short and succinct.
While the text on a website may be short, adding hypertext links
enhances it because the links can give readers more information
and the choice to link there. Good web writing involves many facets,
a few of which include:
thoughtful planning of how the information will be displayed in
a non-linear environment
reorganizing
the information into chunks that can be scanned
using headlines, subheads and links
to help label and index the information
Sources
Farkas and Farkas, Web Design: Theory and Principles, 2000
George Miller, The Psychological Review, 1956, Vol. 63,
p. 81-97
*Nielsen, Jakob. Designing Web Usability, 2000
(*Nielsen's
websites listed on these webpages are also part of the above book)
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