Gateway Pages Prevent PDF Shock

[email protected] (Jakob Nielsen) Mon, 28 Jul 2003 08:50:00 -0700

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Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for July 28 is now online at:
   http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030728.html

Summary:
Spare your users the misery of being dumped into PDF files without
warning. Create special gateway pages that summarize the contents of big
documents and guide users gently into the PDF morass.

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User Experience 2003 conference
   > Chicago, September 21-25
   > London, October 6-10

More info and list of all 28 tutorials:	
   http://www.nngroup.com/events

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MacWorld gave 4.5 mice (of 5) to our software package that checks whether
designs follow the guidelines for making websites and intranets usable for
users with disabilities. (The software runs on both Mac and PC.)

Review:
   http://www.macworld.com/2003/08/reviews/liftnng
Product info:
   http://www.nngroup.com/reports/accessibility/software