On 22/11/2007, David Greaves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > James Ockenden wrote: > > Brian, I also missed the very subtle changes to the page- but I would > > say, hyperlinking "scientists" and "headaches" etc every other word is > > gonna give the reader sore eyes and thousands of hours of lost work as > > they educate themselves in mass trivia. > So, if we discount the risk of destroying the UK economy due to 'too many > links' :)
Firstly, there isn't a wikipedia article for every word... I would get an English dictonary sorted by frequency and ignore the first couple of hundred words. Most usefully linked would be proper names. Might have a go at this myself tonight. What I once considered was a low key link. And one that had multiple > targets. > > Clicking a word (or even an area?) brings up a menu of links (not > mouseover - > that's too distracting. Of course on mouseover you may flash a tiny pair > of > muddy boots as a popup or turn the cursor to boots, or visually activate a > muddy-boots icon in the sidebar or....) > > Of course that was about 8 years ago in pre-ajax days - now we have > ajax/javascript dropdowns it makes more sense. > > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial > list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv
