ISSUE-64
\'where\' is less universal than \'how\' for drill-down (public comment)
- State:
- CLOSED
- Product:
- wsc-usecases
- Raised by:
- Bill Doyle
- Opened on:
- 2007-04-17
- Description:
- From public comments
raised by: Al Gilman Alfred.S.Gilman@ieee.org
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-usable-
authentication/2007Apr/0000.html
\'where\' is less universal than \'how\' for drill-down
where it says, in 10.2.2 The user must be aware of the task they are to perform
The user must be aware that a decision is to be made, what
information should be used to make the decision, and where to look
for the information
please consider
s/where to look for/how to get
Why?
Pagination, and hence even place-in-ToC varies with the delivery context. If
the user has to take the initiative to look for something, it should be a
recallable item like \'?\' for \'Help\' and not a ToC-path, a \'where.\' This is
where object-oriented is the wrong model, and a globally-bound verb comes
first. Compare with the context menu in the GUI, not the man-pages department
in the site map. Infiltrating the Web 2.0 look and feel means re-inventing
Help, not cruising with what is widely deployed.
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- Related emails:
- Re: ISSUE-64: \\\'where\\\' is less universal than \\\'how\\\' for drill-down (public comment) (from Mary_Ellen_Zurko@notesdev.ibm.com on 2007-04-19)
- ISSUE-64: \\\'where\\\' is less universal than \\\'how\\\' for drill-down (public comment) (from dean+cgi@w3.org on 2007-04-17)
Related notes:
Mez notes:
In this context, citing a lesson learned from usable security research, it
seems inappropriate to extend it to areas that it didn\'t cover. In other
contexts, obviously we\'ll have to. I think we\'re ok on this one.
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