Chapter 8
Navigation, Lists, and Other Goodies
IN THIS CHAPTER
Moving from one page to another
Displaying a list of similar items
Grabbing info from the Web
In researching this chapter, I learned some interesting things about the art of page-turning:
- The web has many sites to help musicians solve their page-turning problems. Some sites offer advice on the best ways to turn pages manually. Others offer mechanical solutions with foot pedals to control flipping devices. Scholarly papers survey the alternatives and draw conclusions based on studies.
- For nonmusicians, several sites describe build-it-yourself page-turning contraptions. None of these devices improves the homey look of a person’s living room or study.
- One site describes, in ten steps, how a person can use their hands to turn the page of a book. The site has illustrations and detailed instructions for each of the ten steps. (I thought I already knew how to turn pages, but maybe I was wrong!)
- On one forum, I saw a link to a site that sells the most professional page-turning device. When I clicked the link, a run-on sentence announced, “We are sorry, the requested page could not be found.” Maybe what they meant was, “The ...
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