[Sigia-l] Any guidelines/design patterns etc.. on when a downloadable format ( such as pdf/word/ppt) is appropriate compared to creating a webpage?

[Andrew Boyd]

On Jan 9, 2008 1:07 PM, Melvin Jay Kumar <melvink2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you to all for your replies. Much appreciated. I agree for most
> of what has been suggested.
>
> But I would think as most of you know that working in a corporation or
> Govt or as a "consultant" when you recommend something that the
> respective party you are recommending to is against they want some
> kind of "proof" or else they would just do what they think is
> right.....
>
> That is the basic reason why I asked for an type of "proof" I could
> use to convince them. This is more for an Intranet site and the funny
> thing its a webpage that support the most frequently asked questions
> for three different "products" and they want to provide the FAQ's in
> three word documents so every time the user wants to find out
> something from the FAQ, he/she would have to download all three word
> document.

Jay,

I do not think that there is anything that can be used to convince
people that will not be convinced :)

I've seen a lot of these "I need some proof to convince my
clients/boss/graphic designer/dentist that..." posts and I'm not sure
that there was ever a completely satisfactory answer.

As a (gasp!) consultant what I would probably do is prototype two to
three options and show them to said client/boss/etc and use these as
the basis for a sensible discussion. Prototyping may not be
fashionable any more in certain rareified circles but here on the
ground some of us still find uses for it every now and then.

Best regards, Andrew

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Andrew Boyd
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