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Re: extra words: unnecessary or educational?

Subject: Re: extra words: unnecessary or educational?
From: Jan Henning <henning -at- r-l -dot- de>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 17:56:12 +0200

Drifting from the original topic, but is it better to say

"to copy files, use the transfer program..."
or
"the transfer program copies files..."

Isn't the first one more "user-centric"? It seems to me that the example below is software-centric rather than user-centric. It's about the software, rather than being about how the user can do things.

Neither is better. As Shauna said, it depends on the context:

- When you describe to the user how he or she can transfer files, the first variant is appropriate.

- When you describe, say, the purposes of a group of utilities, the second variant is appropriate.

Regards
Jan Henning

PS: Does TECHWR-L have a motto? If not, I propose "It depends" :-)

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