Hypertext resources

Bobby Online Free Portal. This free service allows “you to test web pages and help expose and repair barriers to accessibility and encourage compliance with existing accessibility guidelines.” http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp

Body Image. This site offers a good sample hypertext to provide students with a model for creating their own research-based new media projects. http://www.johnriviello.com/bodyimage/

Computers, Ethics, and Social Responsibility. Student hypertext projects from a Stanford University Winter 2001 computer science course. This page links to numerous well-designed student projects that provide examples of different approaches to hypertext design. http://cse.stanford.edu/class/cs201/projects-00-01/

Considerations When Creating a Web Page. Virginia Montecino, 1996. Though not as recent as some site, this page provides a set of questions that offer a solid framework for approaching the task of hypertext authorship. http://mason.gmu.edu/%7Emontecin/web-page-create.htm

The Eastgate Reading Room. This on-line collection of hypertext fiction offers a hands-on view of the way in which hypertext changes the experience of reading a text. http://www.eastgate.com/ReadingRoom.html

Final Student Projects. From Randy Blass’s “A Bigger Place to Play” course, Georgetown University, Spring 1997. This page links to an assortment of student electronic papers. http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/bassr/511/finals.html

RhetNet: A Dialogic Publishing (Ad)Venture. This interesting site is dedicated to writing that adapts “to the net rather than only adapting net publishing to print-based convention.” http://web.missouri.edu/~rhetnet/

Truth Website. This well-designed and frequently updated site hosts anti-smoking advertisements. Be sure to look at its archive or back issues to view past campaigns. http://www.thetruth.com/

Vincent Flanders’ Web Pages That Suck. This often up-dated site analyzes the design of current pages on the Web. http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/

Web Pages That Suck. The irreverent but informative site created and maintained by Vincent Flanders that gives tips on good web design by critiquing the poor design of existing webpages. http://www.websitesthatsuck.com

Worst of the Web. Updated daily, this website links to what it considers the “worst” examples of web design. http://www.worstoftheweb.com/