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Design Basics: Boundaries

Conventional Media

Book size is fixed during production; easy to tell how big a book is.
Television program size is fixed too
Can't tell size by looking, but there are conventional lengths, and external aids (TV guide)

Web Documents

Size of collection is never fixed; medium works against fixed boundaries
Can't tell how big collection is, unless author helps
Need to provide clear overview of collection on homepage
Also need to make boundaries of collection clear (use of graphics is common)

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