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National Public Radio website

redesigned search function focused on radio stories, 166

unusual search options, 164

NationalAcademies.org. See U.S. National Academies website

navigation aid, color as a, 266

"navigation-bar buttons ", 233

navigation bars

avoiding duplication on different, 101-102

clear, unique purposes for, 91

constructing from HTML tables containing text links, 232

marking the current page's item in, 110

not duplicating links on category pages, 101

placing on all website pages, 119

self-links in, 112-113

navigation bloopers, 83-119, 221

navigation cues, successful, 83

"navigation hierarchy on the left" design idiom, 96

navigation links, Web pages lacking any, 116-119

navigation schemes

minimizing the number presented, 91

multiple competing, 89

separating from site logistics, 91-92

Navigator 4.76 (Mac), text size of, 250

Needle in a Haystack: Piles of Irrelevant Hits blooper, 178-182

needless text, 196, 198

Netscape software download page, misleading information, 25-26

Netscape websites , download page sniffing users' browsers, 62

NetworkForGood.org, 106, 107

NetWorldMap.com, guessing a visitor's approximate location, 62

New Hampshire Association of School Principals (NHASP) website

blank page displayed, 40, 41

centered bullets, 259

NeXT computers, 5

NHASP.org. See New Hampshire Association of School Principals (NHASP) website

Nielson, Jakob, 7, 83, 196

No Default Text Input Focus blooper, 139-141

No Defaults blooper, 128-136

non-links , not underlining, 229-230

Non-links Look Like Links blooper, 226-230

nonalphanumeric characters , not accepting in data fields, 125

nonbreaking spaces, using to avoid link wrapping, 235

nonclickable graphics, deemphasizing, 229, 230

"none" as an explicit and default radiobutton value, 134

"noneditable" controls, allowing, 149

noneditable text fields, avoiding, 151

nonstandard controls, 154, 155

nonstandard link colors, 242

nontechnical language, using for search controls, 165

Northwest Airlines' website

calendar for picking dates, 123, 124

conventional calendar for choosing dates, 157

elimination of a "click here " link, 238, 239

initially reasonable categories, 21, 23

patterns provided for data fields, 128

response to Ann Arbor as the destination, 69

travel-time menus from, 64, 65

Not Linking Directly blooper, 102-106, 107

NPR.org. See National Public Radio website

NSF International's website, home page easily mistaken for a splash page, 113

null search results, displaying, 2

Number of Hits Not Revealed blooper, 190-192

Numerous Navigation Schemes blooper, 89-92

NWA.com. See Northwest Airlines' website

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