RE: terminology question (and a bit of a rant)

["Anameier, Christine A - Eagan, MN" <CANAMEIE -at- email -dot- usps -dot- gov>]

> . . . along comes a style guide, that you wrote, where everything 
> you like (your style) is in the style guide as good, and 
> everything you don't like (their style) is not in the manual, 
> or documented as bad style. 
>
> Not long on credibility, dontchathink?.

Yeah, that's the other problem with the style guide idea. 

> But I LIKE screen shots in the help...

We're talking about the term "screen"... not screenshots.

> Tell me...is the problem that their document is SO bad that 
> the product will be less usable because of what they've 
> done, or are you afraid that someone will see what you 
> did as redundant?

Aw, come on, John--give Rosemary some credit here. She wrote it first and, I'd
bet, wrote it better; hers is not the redundant version. I think it's safe to
assume she's concerned about usability.

Christine


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