Longhorn - Tech writing changes

[chevotilburg -at- postmaster -dot- co -dot- uk]

Hi all,

picked up this tit-bit from:

http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/LHChangesUA1.asp

What interests me is:
"Tech Writers Need to Change

This may be a difficult time of adjustment for tech writers, who typically
spend months meticulously documenting every nuance of an application. Wake
up, folks! Nobody reads it.

But it gets worse. Authoring in MAML XML is very different from authoring
in Word or HTML (which have presentation elements). Some authors find it
difficult to adjust to the transition.

But many authors do fine. This quote sums up UI/UA design for me. "The
goal of the UI designer is to put the Help author out of a job". This from
a Microsoft Help author and team leader who I highly respect. You don't
need to document everything."

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