I was a little disappointed that our IA chapters didn’t seem to make more than a half-hearted stab at the difficulties of multiple audiences. It acknowledged the issue and suggested that we do as most universities do and organize around that, giving each audience a link through which they can move on to the rest of the site… but I was hoping for something to help those of us who are working on sites that aren’t large enough for that tactic. I suppose it may be more directly addressed in chapter 7 (labeling). I imagine the best thing to concentrate on is labels that all your audiences will understand…
I just wish that this bit (and ch. 7) had been assigned for last week so I’d really have had a chance to digest this material and incorporate it into my web proposal, instead of scrambling to find ways to apply this information effectively.
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I'm still trying to determine which of the authors' intended audiences would find the book the most useful. Perhaps we'll find more as we work through the book, but I'm guessing the book won't prove much more useful to us in a practical application than many of our weekly articles. Here's hoping I'm wrong!
Jake
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