Panorama of the European Union: Europe in Figures

Europe in Figures is a statistical treatment of the socio‐economic characteristics of the continent of Europe available in all official languages of the EU. What is unclear about this CD‐ROM is the audience to which it is targeted. A further question arises about the appropriateness of the medium used. The design of this product is minimal with a very basic layout and navigation. The use of large tracts of text of varying typeface and font size does little to assist the reader. The only means of navigation is to use the interactive table of contents which is arranged hierarchically and...