http://sethearley.wordpress.com/2006/06/08/a-very-bad-index/ Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:18:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://sethearley.wordpress.com/2006/06/08/a-very-bad-index/#comment-10 Not Otherwise Categorized… » Blog Archive » Software names and categories: Need to scan? Use “MP Navigator” of course.. Sun, 20 Aug 2006 20:13:30 +0000 https://sethearley.wordpress.com/2005/06/08/a-very-bad-index/#comment-10 [...] The same goes for any application - intranet, web site, software product, or car owners manual for that matter. (See my post on “A very bad index“). Users care about what they need to get done - not your clever product or internal names. [...] [...] The same goes for any application – intranet, web site, software product, or car owners manual for that matter. (See my post on “A very bad index“). Users care about what they need to get done – not your clever product or internal names. [...]

]]> http://sethearley.wordpress.com/2006/06/08/a-very-bad-index/#comment-9 Bob Doyle Blog » Blog Archive » A-Z Indexes Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:01:06 +0000 https://sethearley.wordpress.com/2005/06/08/a-very-bad-index/#comment-9 [...] A set of search results is in essence a machine generated index. That in my opinion typically lacks context. A human generated index, on the other hand is based on the judgment and perspective of the indexer (not of the author). The indexer is trying to understand the needs of a reader/user and deciding what they would find important. We all know there are bad indexes just like there are bad user interfaces. Here is an example from my car user manual: http://sethearley.wordpress.com/2006/06/08/a-very-bad-index [...] [...] A set of search results is in essence a machine generated index. That in my opinion typically lacks context. A human generated index, on the other hand is based on the judgment and perspective of the indexer (not of the author). The indexer is trying to understand the needs of a reader/user and deciding what they would find important. We all know there are bad indexes just like there are bad user interfaces. Here is an example from my car user manual: http://sethearley.wordpress.com/2006/06/08/a-very-bad-index [...]

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