PC-Hypertext: Users

The hypertext environment of this MaxThink application was
designed to serve the needs of a range of application users, from
the computer jock to the computer neophyte.  It was also intended
to accommodate the information needs of both the skilled
preservation professional and the amateur.  The system has a
simple interface that is intellectually coherent and appropriate
to a variety of user types.  The system design was intended to
make the information structure easily comprehensible, and to
accommodate a comprehensive preservation knowledge base relating
to masonry issues.  This design strategy permits the user to
develop an understanding of system structure, while allowing
system expansion and evolution.  As users assimilate the
technology, the information structure, and the knowledge base,
operational shortcuts (hotkeys) and access to sophisticated
information manipulation and annotation processes can make the
system even more powerful in the hands of an experienced user.

<dfile87>   PC-Hypertext: Summary
<efile20>   Technology and Preservationists