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From: Birkir Rúnar Gunnarsson
Date: Jan 31, 2011 10:12AM

Mike raises an important point here.
I believe edit fields for page numbers might be a very good solution,
when added to "next" "prev" and possibly chapter and section links.
The important bit is though that any html page navigation must be
consistent with page layout and content in other formats (such as
printed text).
The use case is that user may get a reference to a particular paragrph
or bit of information on a certain page, and he or she must be able to
consistently find that page in his version of the document, be it
Word, html, Daisy, text file or pdf.
I believe pdf will be a better medium than html for large books,
especially when the pdf-ua standard is out for more consistent
accessibility encoding.
Also pdf readers have security/DRM management capabilities, page
navigation built in etc.


On 1/31/11, Langum, Michael J < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> It seems to me that the important issue here is what is the most appropriate
> form of navigation for large multi-page documents.
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> We need to ask, how will users navigate the content. In my experience,
> navigation by links to content blocks (e.g. chapter and section titles) is
> usually most appropriate. I think it is rare when users need to navigate by
> page number.
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> But I can imagine cases (e.g. you can find the answer to your question on
> page 132), where page navigation is desirable. But in these cases, PDF is
> usually preferable. And PDF readers have built-in page navigation.
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> If a large document must be provided in HTML, and must be navigable by page
> reference, then the implication is that the user (when beginning his
> session) already knows what page he/she wants. In that case an edit field
> seems more useful that a large drop-down list.
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> -- Mike
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