Spam:Re: Index for Revolution PDF Document

[Dennis Brown]

Judy,

Inquiring minds want to know:  what were the results of the ACM test?

Dennis

On Feb 20, 2006, at 1:27 PM, Judy Perry wrote:

> This reminds me of an ACM article I'm having the students read this  
> week
> (It's something like 'Text vs Hypertext: Which is easier to use to  
> find
> information' or some such thing).
>
> It involved two groups with reference material on Sherlockiana -- one
> group had all the info in a Hypercard stack and the other had the same
> material in a book/encyclopedic reference format.
>
> The test subjects were given a list of questions and timed as they  
> found
> the answers.
>
> It would be interesting to repeat it with my students -- one group  
> using
> the built-in docs and the other using Dave's indexed PDF...
>
> (considering the idea...  anybody got any good questions?)
>
> Judy