- Dec 2024
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www.writethedocs.org www.writethedocs.org
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Should we optimize for searching or browsing?¶ Documentarians may have to determine whether users search or browse for content of interest. What you decide may influence how to focus your resources: SEO and search tools or navigation aids. The resolution to this may depend on your users and what they’re looking for… and also your product interface. Some users, those who frequently search online for content, may prefer to search through your documentation (for example, spending 70% of their time on search and 30% navigation). Other users may prefer to use your site’s navigation system (for example, 30% search and 70% navigation). Nonetheless, some documentarians assume that searching is the primary method that all users rely on. Some indicate that it’s important to have both methods available for the users to select what they want to do. Information architecture (IA) helps a docs team to develop content in a structured and comprehensive manner. A navigation methodology can implement the IA of the documentation system. So, if your team has developed a structure for the content, you can use it as a navigation device for your readers. As one person indicated: No documentation should be random pages of text. Readers use the structure to learn relationships between different features, use cases, or topics. Searching and browsing are complementary actions. The method used by any one person may depend on different factors and users may use both. Offer the best of both to satisfy your readers. Search-related resources Search platform tips for documentation websites (WTD Newsleter) Making documentation discoverable in search engines (WTD video) Search engine optimization (SEO) for documentation (WTD page) Information Foraging (Nielsen Norman Group) Navigation- and IA-related resources Many articles available from Nielsen Norman Group Building navigation for your doc site: 5 best practices (WTD video) Complete Beginner’s Guide to Information Architecture (UX Booth) How To Make Sense of Any Mess (book by Abby Covert)
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- May 2023
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(Not sure if it got highlighted properly, but it's the accessibility button on the bottom-right of the webpage) Whenever a website has an accessibility menu option it is a great effort at providing accessibility as it's very simple to configure and boasts a lot of capabilities for accessibility. Such as being able to change languages, having a screen reader, voice navigation, contrast options, text options (spacing and enlarging),and being able to hide animations and images.
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- Jan 2023
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www.ontario.ca www.ontario.ca
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The Menu dropdown feature section is a good web accessibility example since the information is Understandable. The dropdown menu is a simple navigation features that users can easily operate.
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- Oct 2022
- Jun 2021
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hansdegoede.livejournal.com hansdegoede.livejournal.com
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GRUB hidden menu change FAQ
details about grub menu hidden and how to enable, access, etc
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- Jan 2021
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atomiks.github.io atomiks.github.io
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Context menu
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- Oct 2020
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www.fun-mooc.fr www.fun-mooc.fr
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MOOC «Les clés de la laïcité –Le rôle des collectivités territoriales Cas pratique "Les menus à la cantine"Décryptage vidéo
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- Jun 2020
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www.forbes.com www.forbes.com
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Maynard, M. (2020, June 15). What I Found When My Favorite Local Restaurants Re-Opened. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelinemaynard/2020/06/15/what-i-found-when-my-favorite-local-restaurants-re-opened/
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- Jul 2016
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rhetcompnow.com rhetcompnow.com
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right-click
Windows=right-click Mac=context menu
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Diigo
Diigo is my 'comfy' link, image, and pdf collector. It serves the same function as Hypothes.is--annotator and aggregator. It has many more functions than Hypothes.is including outlining, screenshots, autoblogging.
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Zotero
Zotero is my go-to academic info database. It gathers meta-tags so that it can automatically create citations, bibliographies, and reports. Unlike its competitor Mendeley, it is open source and free. It works as a standalone and as an extension.
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