[wp-docs] Titles for Codex pages
Morgan Doocy
morgan at doocy.net
Wed Dec 15 09:05:34 UTC 2004
On Dec 15, 2004, at 12:42 AM, Podz wrote:
> If the page is for newbies, and it's about How to upload files, and
> it's linked as How to upload files, why not call it How to upload
> files ?
Well, let's use print media as an example. Titles, chapter names, and
section headers of technical and reference manuals avoid the words "How
to" and "About" like the plague, because they don't give the user any
extra information. The basic underlying assumption of any reference
guide is that it will tell you how to do something. Adding these words
only creates headache and clutter as the user attempts to navigate the
book. The web no different, except for the fact that web users have
even less patience and forgiveness than they would reading something in
print.
Morgan
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