Hi tom.
while I do certainly agree that there are plenty of people who just don't
take the time to look things up, ---- indeed I get a trifle exasperated
sometimes when someone will ask a question about a game which is answered in
it's documentation, or asks about something which could be found on
audigoames.net or pcsgames I do think there is another point at least where
things like footer information are concerned.
Your phrase "in plane sight" actually said it very correctly.
The point of having footers, banner adds on web pages, info in margins etc
is that people who are visually skim reading the page will absorb some of
the information as they read the main text.
this is afterall the poin behind most advertizing, not that people actually
pay attention to it, just that it is there on one side so that people will
have it in mind when shopping.
that however is not true for someone using a screen reader, sinse obviously
there you go as quickly as possible to the information you want, indeed I
rarely if ever know what adds on webpages or constant footer info on
messages says, sinse I always endeaver to skip past it or not bother reading
it.
While hell for navigation (especially on pages that are ful of adds), this
is good for avoiding seeing them generally.
this does mean though that information needs to be in a place that people
will actually pay attention to looking, such as a welcome message or a page
which they will at least hopefully take the time to read.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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