{"id":1691,"date":"2011-04-18T18:56:59","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T17:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jodischneider.com\/blog\/?p=1691"},"modified":"2011-04-18T18:56:59","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T17:56:59","slug":"learn-more-an-interface-that-gets-out-of-your-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jodischneider.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/18\/learn-more-an-interface-that-gets-out-of-your-way\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Learn More&#8221;: an interface that gets out of your way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These days my main foray into reference territory is when my colleagues are looking for things.<\/p>\n<p>While looking for an update on <a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2010\/02\/10\/54-of-us-internet-users-on-facebook-27-on-myspace\/\">some social media statistics<\/a>, I encountered a &#8220;get more info&#8221; interface that didn&#8217;t annoy me, at <a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/\">VentureBeat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When you highlight text (and <strong>only<\/strong> when you highlight text), a small, &#8220;Learn More&#8221; balloon appears. When you click &#8220;Learn More&#8221; (and <strong>only<\/strong> when you click &#8220;Learn More&#8221;), further info appears.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jodischneider.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/highlighting.png\" alt=\"highlighting\" title=\"highlighting\" width=\"500\" height=\"293\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jodischneider.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/highlighting.png 500w, https:\/\/jodischneider.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/highlighting-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jodischneider.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/bubble.png\" alt=\"bubble\" title=\"bubble\" width=\"222\" height=\"85\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1695\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jodischneider.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/moreinfo.png\" alt=\"moreinfo\" title=\"moreinfo\" width=\"500\" height=\"291\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jodischneider.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/moreinfo.png 500w, https:\/\/jodischneider.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/moreinfo-300x174.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When debating whether to include more information or less, this strategy deserves consideration.<\/p>\n<p>It reminds me of Barend Mons&#8217; derisive phrase a <a href=\"https:\/\/jodischneider.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/19\/6-quotes-from-beyond-the-pdf-annotations-sessions\/\">Christmas tree of hyperlinks<\/a>; while he was mainly referencing the lack of information, I also imagine in that phrase the reader&#8217;s overwhelm when everything is hyperlinked.<\/p>\n<p>There is, of course, a tradeoff, between hiding information\/requiring clicks and presenting everything at once.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These days my main foray into reference territory is when my colleagues are looking for things. 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