Re: Are there any global standards for User Interface Design?

["Chuck Martin" <cm -at- writeforyou -dot- com>]

The purpose of the list is to share knowledge, yes, but many prefer not to
spend valuable time educating the deliberately ignorant and the willful
pretenders.

As to the question of "global standards" for UI design, a number of answers
come to mind:

1. The opposite of your company's web site.
2. Yes. Hire people competent in the discipline and they will show you.
3. It depends. (To know what it depends on, again, hire someone trained in
the discipline.)

AS a side note, in the text for my current class, the chapter on XML, was a
reference to Extensible User Interface Language (XUL), an XML language
developed by the Mozilla (my default browser) develpment group. I'm excited
enough about that to do more research on my own.

And therein lies a lesson: the list is counted on by industry professionals
at all levels to help them resolve problems and get out of jams. It is not,
I think, a substitute for training in the fundamental principles of the
field.

-- 
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Chuck Martin
User Assistance & Experience Engineer
twriter "at" sonic "dot" net      www.writeforyou.com

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may come when the courage of Men fail,  when we forsake our friends and
break all bonds of fellowship. But it is not this day! This day, we fight!"
                    - Aragorn

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"Abhijit Sinha" <abhijits -at- newgen -dot- co -dot- in> wrote in message
news:236690 -at- techwr-l -dot-  -dot-  -dot- 
>
> > Hi,
> > with reference to the e-mail message below, I need to point out that the
> > basic purpose for creating this list was knowledge sharing through
> > discussions. This helps many people subscribed to the list receiving
> various
> > suggestions from various quarters and widen our vistas of know-how. This
> > also helps in sharing aour view point about specific issues and topics.
I
> > request individuals to please restrain from making such irrelevant
remarks
> > on this list and simply create disruptions.

.

> >
> > Before proposing international guidelines for selecting various grades
of
> > technical writers, there is a need to understand the basic purpose of
this
> > forum, its responsibilities, and its effects. Individuals seem to be
even
> > ignorant about this. The insignificant remark did not speak volumes of
the
> > individual's professional and personal skills as the person wasted the
> > entire time in writing a biased and self-obsessed opinion instead of
> sharing
> > your knowledge and helping me in resolving the query. The person's
> > statements heve been made without the knowledge of what might have been
> done
> > and why such help was requested from the experienced members of the
forum.
> > Thus the remarks did not reflect highly of the person's abilities and
> > thought processes that might need orientation for development and
> maturity.

.

> >
> > Knowledge is gained through sharing and benefits the donor as well as
the
> > receiver. I do not think that an individual is a self contained source
of
> > all knowledge in a specific domain; as even Newton felt that he has been
> > able to collect only some pebbles from the shores of vast ocean of
> > knowledge.
> >
> > I am curious to ask, "Why such individuals need to subscribe to such a
> forum
> > offering free subscription and service, read the messages posted on this
> > list, and participate in the discussions if they are so apprehensive
"that
> > international conference calls made to bosses after reading their
planned
> > and eloquent responses are being quoted verbatim globally and they are
> > deprived of the credit."  I suggest they either need to cover and block
> > their eyes and ears to prevent the in flow/out flow of knowledge or
> license
> > every "valueable" syllable that comes out of them to prevent
exploitation
> of
> > their possessed knowledge.

.

> >
> > Regards,
> > Abhijit Sinha,
> > Senior Executive-Technical Documentation,
> > Newgen Software Technologies Limited,
> > NewDelhi, India
> > URL: www.newgensoft.com
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "L." <beantown_tw -at- yahoo -dot- com>
> > To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
> > Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 6:27 PM
> > Subject: Re: Are there any global standards for User Interface Design?
> >
> >

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> > >
> > > I think a related question is:
> > >
> > > Are there any international standards and guidelines
> > > regarding the prior knowledge and experience that are
> > > to be expected of a person assigned the title "Senior
> > > Executive of Technical Documentation"?
> > >----------------------------------------------------
> -------------------------------------
> > >-- all while they ride the wave
> > > of being an off-shored "Senior Executive of Technical
> > > Documentation" on the basis of our collective years of
> > > experience and knowledge.
> > >

.

> > > I'm quite confident that the eloquent and well-planned
> > > answers many of these phonies pose are quoted verbatim
> > > at the next international conference call with the
> > > boss, thus using our work, skills, and knowledge to
> > > bolster the offshoring argument.
> > >
> > > Happy Friday.
> > > > >
> > > Hi,
> > > Are there global standards or parameters that you need
> > > to follow while----------------------------------



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