The
text-based pages are used mostly for papers, reports, and
articles on the net. Many on-line search engine use
this media primarily, such as infoseek, library collection, and other
similar databases. This media is utilized to store and
provide large database and information effectively.
Pages can be presented purely in text or in text aided with
2D images.
In
my webpage designated for the terminal project, "Library
of Leisure", both Statement of Intent and Program are
text-based. The reason I have chosen this way of
presenting the materials is that it gives a full version
of data. I also provide two ways of presenting the
material: html version and acrobat version. It seems
that in html format the article is very difficult to read
while in acrobat format, it is easier.
Survey
Result
After
sitting down with some students, most of them felt that
description gives thorough background of the project; however,
reading a long writing on the net is dry. Some of
them did not finish the reading.
Although
most of people felt, it is dry. They agree that it
is still necessary for a database such as infoseek to be
in text primarily. However, it will still be more
enjoyable if there are some images.
| Advantages |
Disadvantages |
- easy
retrieve and access to the pages
- thorough
and large quantity of information
- enable
to be incorporated with database and search engine
|
- lack
of stimulation
- lack
of interaction
- difficult
to read on the screen
- reviewers
tend to not finish the reading
|
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