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Antiquarians:

Word from a reader who shall remain nameless (OK, it was Olympia Manet):

The index in the sidebar at right dominates visually without being user-friendly, and so throws VLA off balance; in fact, the presence of the index makes the stories less likely to be read.

So, I need to improve the index, visually and editorially. Suggestions?

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>> posted by John Psmyth • 9/15/2004 06:25:00 PM •  3 comments

3 Comments:

Dangerous Penguin --

Thanks. I'm reluctant to "thin out" the index, for two reasons: (1) I'm worried I'll lose clickthroughs if I install a level of indirection; and (2) I want to get across the idea that all the actions are in some sense simultaneous, held in memory at once. So the memory has to be in the same "space" as the story.

I'm wondering about doing something with color, to move the index back, instead of forward as it is.

Maybe moving the outside links to the bottom would help?

Any other thoughts?

By Blogger John Psmyth, at September 16, 2004 5:06 PM  

Hello John,

Personally I like the link section a lot. Its lack of straight forwardness is refreshing. Searching through the links is one part mystery and one part exploration. I guess it depends on how important you think it is for the reader to find exactly what they are looking for. Again, personally, I find the style interesting.

Thanks for your great writing ;-)

By Blogger George Alt, at September 17, 2004 12:16 AM  

oops forget... also let me add, that the link section's visual dominance speaks to the signicicant history of your blog.

By Blogger George Alt, at September 17, 2004 12:19 AM  

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