Oh - I misunderstood you. I think the columnar layout works well for small
and separate chunks of text. It's used quite effectively at
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/news.html - perhaps I'll give it a try. Thanks!

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On 1/6/99, at 6:22 PM, Franz Maruna wrote: 

>> My objection to the 2-column thing is that unless
>>the info fits onto the screen, you end up scrolling down col 1, and then
>>back up to the top of col 2 (or am I misunderstanding you?).
>>
>I wouldn't continue text from one column to the other, but you could have
>the seperate short paragraph links in different columns... It's not
>particularly important that people read them in order...
>Think c|net's old design... 
>
>or not.. just a thought, not a biggie.
>
>-frz

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