[Sigia-l] Faceted classification browsing tool

[Boniface Lau]

> From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org]On
> Behalf Of Avi Rappoport
>  
> At 6:11 PM -0800 11/21/02, Christina Wodtke wrote:
> > > http://www.icdlbooks.org/library/help/search_area.htm explains
> > > it.
> >
> >
> >writing in a giant font for children is like yelling to people to
> >don't speak English.
> 
> I disagree. For young children, it's easier to differentiate the
> letters.

Giant font does make it easier to differentiate individual letters for
children as well as adults. However, the web page in question is not
to teach children about letters. It is to communicate in words,
sentences, and paragraphs.

Thus, the concern is that the giant font makes it difficult to see the
forest for the trees.


> It's a convention, a quick way of indicating this is for 
> kids to read, not just for adults. 

Do you know of a well-known kids site using such convention?


Boniface