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Just to refer back to my original post, and Jeff Kennedy's book, "User
Friendly":  all of the ergonomic examples and charts involving reach lengths
and graphic placement take into account a child, a person in a wheelchair,
an adult female, and an adult male.

The charts show an "ideal" range for each of the four examples above, as
well as an "idealized" average for all four visitor types.



On 7/23/07, Diane Peapus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> And for visitors in wheelchairs who want to read the more complex text
> above 5 feet, do we provide binoculars? Or should these visitors be
> happy that we give them trivial interpretation at 2 feet?
>
> Oooops!
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> <-----Original Message----->
> >From: Kevin Hollis [[log in to unmask]]
> >Sent: 7/22/2007 2:51:20 PM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: How high should interpretive signs be?
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> >
> >> general visitor is most likely to engage with text and graphics?
> >Surely it should be set at the average height of the target age group.
> >How can one sign possibly
> > cover the content for 2ft tall to 6ft tall? Some exhibits will be
> >subtle, complex and suitable to be signed at 5' 10", some will be
> >trivial and signed at 2'. I do worry that sometimes too much import is
> >given to academic study of user interaction and not enough to simple
> >common sense !
> >
> >Dr Kevin Hollis
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