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Beware the Navigational Black Hole!

Many DVDs have crossed our desks in which the following occurs: we've happily clicked on a Play Chapter button, only to discover that the disc stopped cold at the end of the chapter. Try as we might, we could find no way to navigate anywhere. Clearly, the interface designer didn't link the end of chapter behavior to anything, so when the clip reached the end of its chapter, the only way to get back to a navigation menu was to actually eject the disc and reload it. This is obviously not the way to keep your customers happy. So if you learn nothing else from this article, learn to take every disc that you create and proof and double-proof your navigation.

Trust me, you'll be glad you did, you'll save alot of grief and after all, the world is already full of coffee-table coasters!

Bill Davis writes, shoots, edits, and does voiceover work for a variety of corporate and industrial clients.

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