Post originally by Kester Pelagius at 2004-04-24 13:18:45
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Greetings,

In my zeal to get the review finished that I might move on to read and review the "Live System" (I made a conscious decision to read CoS before the SRD document.) I probably should have pointed out that bookmarks are there. The long and the short of it:

The bookmarks in "Cloak of Steel" do and can help in navigating the document. However, had a TOC been included, I would have said this document, as presented, was perfect for anyone wishing to have a POD copy made. As it stands the document has its faults, but faults that are overshadowed by the content provided and the enthusiasm of the author for the project.


>>You mentioned no TOC. Did this product have a bookmark set instead. That would serve about 90%+ of the functions of a TOC and in some ways is better. A product with a bookmark set doesn't really need a TOC.<<

Cloak of Steel has bookmarks, yes.

In fact it provides a very extensive set of bookmarks. Sometimes too extensive as there are multiple bookmarks that try to point to section of the same page, but given the nature of bookmarks only go to that page. Which is all the more reason, IMO, given the inclusion of an index, that a proper TOC should have been included.

Bookmarks are fine. But they detract from the reading experience. If every time I want to look something up I have to hit the bookmark tab, have the document scrunched down to the "Fit in Window" size, then click where I want to go, close the tab, and RESIZE the page so I can actually read _and_ have to do this EVERY TIME I want to turn to a specific page to look for something. . .

I'd rather use search. But since search doesn't work, and I already mentioned that issue, I saw no reason to add what might have come across as sounding like more negative Nancy complaining, and thus detracting from the content of "Cloak of Steel".

Kind Regards,

Kester Pelagius