Skip Cave wrote:
> I had another idea - We could even have a couple of different levels
> of "what's this" links. Perhaps a "you need to know this" link in
> bold red font for critical concepts, and a "what's this" link in
> blue font for the nice-to-know stuff. Or if we really want to keep
> the text clutter to a minimum, a red question-mark graphic for "need
> to know" stuff, and a blue question-mark graphic for "nice to know"
> stuff. 

Perhaps a red exclamation point might be better than a question mark to 
emphasize the critical nature of some concept.  I agree, too, that 
these need to be graphics or else a significant change in font size 
(and perhaps font, too) and not just using the same font and changing 
only the color of the character.

By the way, the "... for dummies" series and similar series have 
various kinds of visual markers for the beginner in terms of important 
concepts or "for more info..." and the like.  Perhaps some of these 
could be developed into online equivalents...

Harvey

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