Appropriateness for Conversion

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="061005f0ermwup.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Performance Centered Design</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Performance Centered Design"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> back to the start of<B>  </B><A HREF="id113.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hypermedia / Information Engineering Kn"><U><B>Hypermedia / Information Engineering & Knowledge Management</B></U></A><B> </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>  </B><A HREF="id113.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hypermedia / Information Engineering Kn"><U><B><IMG SRC="05e0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>      </B><A HREF="id173.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hypertext Considerations"><U><B><IMG SRC="05f0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id171.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Screen Areas for Hypertexts"><U><B><IMG SRC="0600e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="id164.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hypertext and the Performance Zone"><U>Hypertext and the Performance Zone</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id166.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What is hypertext?"><U>What is hypertext?</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id167.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hypertext Principle 1"><U>Hypertext Principle #1</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id168.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hypertext Principle 2"><U>Hypertext Principle #2</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id169.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hypertext Principle 3"><U>Hypertext Principle #3</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id173.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hypertext Considerations"><U>Hypertext Considerations</U></A></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8bf000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Appropriateness for Conversion</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id171.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Screen Areas for Hypertexts"><U>Screen Areas for Hypertexts</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id172.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hierarchies"><U>Hierarchies</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id174.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The OED"><U>The OED</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id175.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Conclusions"><U>Conclusions</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id179.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Process for PCD"><U>Process for PCD</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=385 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Appropriateness for Conversion</div> <div> Consider converting the following to hypertext:</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="626" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 57 WIDTH="622"><div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f00033cc00.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A Prayer for Owen Meany</B></I><B> </B>by John Irving</div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f00033cc00.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Dilbert Principle</B></I><B> </B>by Scott Adams</div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f00033cc00.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Oxford English</B></I><I><B> </B></I><I><B>Dictionary</B></I><B> </B>(OED)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 728 WIDTH="622"><bR> <div> <I><B>Value would decrease with an </B></I><B>Owen Meany</B><I><B> hypertext. </B></I>Nielsen cites that readers of general interest materials have better recall when the materials are linear than when they are structured as hypertext. Books are intended to be read linearly, people do not prefer to read on-line for very long, and the physical characteristics provide important clues that effect motivation - like how many pages remain. </div> <bR> <div> <B>The Dilbert Principle</B><B> </B><I><B>might better serve us in hypertext format as corporate reference material.</B></I> Just imagine jumping directly to <I>Mandatory Self-Deprecation,</I> linking to <I>Strategies For Survival</I> then <I>Idiots</I>. Or go directly to any cartoon that includes Catbert, the Evil HR Director.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="626" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="622"><div> Consider the following Web site organization of how <I>I</I> think about and use <I>The Dilbert Principle</I>: </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="622"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="622" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1974bae0.png" border=0 width="587" height="430" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>