[Commentor] LC-299 Ian Jacobs [Comment] * Does "link on page" mean that it links to something on the current page, or could it also be a link that points to a different page? * I don't know what "balance" means here. I imagine it means "roughly equal to in number," but it may not be about equality. * Does "depth of navigation" mean "to other pages"? * Do you mean something like "Users tend to give up if they have to follow more than 2-3 links in order to find something." * I hoped I would understand this point better by reading the "What it means" text, but the first sentence is confusing: it uses "navigation links" and "navigate multiple links" as though they mean something different, but the phrases are very similar. [Commentor reply] yes [Working Group decision] 
We have substantially reworded the Best Practice on balance to clarify that the balance was between the number of links per pages and the number of pages the user has to download to go to his or her intended result.