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Specific problem: finding members - general conclusion: principle of least surprise needed on Lugnet
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lugnet.admin.general
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Thu, 13 Jan 2000 01:36:56 GMT
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This link:
http://www.lugnet.com/members
**ought** to work. It's an obvious thing to try. I could probably rattle off
another 1/2 dozen links that would be obvious things to try which don't do
anything useful but should.
I would claim that some set of folks ought to brainstorm up a bunch of these,
and then create pages for them. It's fine if those pages are just a redirect
link and nothing else, but good web design demands it.
Try this:
http://quotes.yahoo.com/
to see what I mean. Yahoo understands the principle of least surprise. That is
not a valid link but it's a natural one to try, so they put something there.
I just looked all over the front page, then went to the site map, to try to
find out what the link to see members of lugnet is. Can't find it easily.
Now, having been here a while I know I can run a search of the proper newsgroup
and find where Todd posted some links. (http://www.lugnet.com/people/?n=392)
But would a newbie know?
Now, arguably, people is a wider category than "members", so it makes sense
that members are under people. But would a newbie know that? Heck, I can't
remember it without searching. If I stab and don't get an answer, that is not
nearly as likely to imprint me with the right answer as if I stab and it tells
me what the right answer is.
The site map is really just a map to the newsgroups, near as I can tell. It
doesn't speak to pause much at all. That should be enhanced too.
How to figure out what is commonly tried? I ain't a webhead but does the server
keep a log of 404s? that might be a place to look for good stabs...
++Lar
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