As Joe said, I also think icons are a great way for users to quickly scan the page and get a sense of what is going on.
There is a nice article [1] that can show you how to automatically style links with little icons depending on the extension of the file it points to if you are interested. Cheers, Matt [1] - http://www.askthecssguy.com/2006/12/showing_hyperlink_cues_with_cs_1.html On 2/16/08, dwain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 2/16/08, Joe Ortenzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Icons also help people make quick choices and allow you to provide the > documents in a tabular format when required. > > > > > > Title of This Lengthy Document [PDF ICON] title="download the PDF: > Title_of_This_Lengthy_Document" [MSWORD ICON] > title="download the Word Document: > Title_of_This_Lengthy_Document" > > > > > i also put the size of the document next to the link. this way the visitor > know what's coming in the download or the view, because to view a pdf it has > to be downloaded first and then opened and by notifying the visitor of the > size of the document gives them another choice whether to download, view or > by pass the document. > dwain > > -- > dwain alford > "The artist may use any form which his expression demands; > for his inner impulse must find suitable expression." Kandinsky > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: > http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: > http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
