{"id":11,"date":"2015-09-25T13:15:18","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T13:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/tech\/?p=11"},"modified":"2015-09-25T17:23:39","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T17:23:39","slug":"ecfr-0-1-2-we-indent-so-you-can-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/tech\/2015\/09\/25\/ecfr-0-1-2-we-indent-so-you-can-read\/","title":{"rendered":"eCFR 0.1.2 &#8211; We indent&#8230; so you can read"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes the littlest features have the biggest impact.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Some small tweak can vastly enhance the user experience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Consider, for example, a small but powerful technology:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/cfr\/text\/9\/2.1?qt-cfr_tabs=1#qt-cfr_tabs\">the indent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Why do we indent the eCFR?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Hey, the <em>government<\/em> doesn\u2019t indent their version?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Why do we?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">There are reasons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">In a very complex document, indents help you<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">read better;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">see better;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>understand<\/em> better.<\/p>\n<p>Indents<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">guide the eye<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">make visible<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">the shape of the ideas<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">and the structure<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">behind the text.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s like in school when they taught you to outline.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(Remember outlines?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">(Remember school??))<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">They taught you to put things in an outline format:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">I.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">A.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 150px;\">1.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 180px;\">a.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 210px;\">etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">To help you understand<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">the structure<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">of the ideas<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">you were outlining.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"reasons\" name=\"reasons\"><\/a>The ECFR has a <em>hierarchical<\/em> structure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Its natural, inherent structure contains sections<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">and subsections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">By laying those out visually<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">we help guide\u00a0not only<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">your eye<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">but also<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">your mind.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=erx6z8U6BEs\">We indent&#8230; so you can read.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes the littlest features have the biggest impact. 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