The answer appears here.
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The question text will also appear as the page description, which will
be displayed by the Site Search Facility
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The FAQ number appears in the Page Title and the Table Caption
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Question and answer are separated by a horizontal line
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Q&A table area is distinguished by a different background color
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The two colors have the same hue (30) and saturation
(180),
differing in luminence only (135 & 190), which
avoids dazzle
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The Q&A area is placed on the left and the marginal information on
the right
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Browsers truncate from the right when required
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Reading from the left column seems easier on the eyes
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Placing navigation controls to the right of the text seems more natural
and handier (for right-handed people, at least).
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The width of the Q&A area is fixed at about 5 inches (13 cm)
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Reformatting with different sized windows is prevented
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Avoids the parallax difficulties of reading very long lines
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The width of the margin floats with the window size
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Overall table width is set to fit a 8.5" or A4 page
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Navigation links are in the NE corner:
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Search: Links to the Site Search Facility
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List: Links to the list of FAQs
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Home: Links to the Site Home Page
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Author contact information is in the SE corner
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A link counter appears below the Q&A area
Below and outside the FAQ area is the requisite GeoCities GeoGuide
and banner ad.
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Special notes may appear here in the margin:
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White background for "stand-out" quality
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Border to further distinguish the note
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Set in smaller type
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Consideration has been given to page load
time:
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No frames
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Limited use of images
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Solid backgrounds rather than images
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Small size
Browser-specific features are avoided wherever possible,
permitting use by the widest selection of browsers. |
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