RE: Typographical treatment of GUI components

Subject: RE: Typographical treatment of GUI components
From: Michael West <mbwest -at- bigpond -dot- net -dot- au>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 12:44:43 +1000



> I don't subscribe to the idea that an expert reader could
> skim the bolded terms in a procedure. This sounds like a
> good idea, but we don't read with our minds, we read with
> our eyes.

Eh?

I understand that *you* may read differently, but
surely you are not telling me that *I* do not or cannot
skim the bolded terms in a procedure? Or that I do
not read with *both* my eyes *and* my mind?

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Mike West
Melbourne, Australia




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References:
RE: Typographical treatment of GUI components: From: David Chinell

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