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Subject:Re: Is wildcard functionality well known enough? From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 4 Nov 2004 10:13:09 -0800
It used to be, back when you had to know DOS to use a
computer. I think the GUI turned it into the modern equivalent
of hieroglyphics, along with the rest of the command line
terminology. I would explain the entire concept as if it had
just been invented, because for the vast majority of modern
PC users, it might just as well have been.
> Hi, guys...one of our product recently added the functionality of
> doing wildcard searching via an asterisk. Nothing fancy, enter * in
> place of any string that may be part of a larger string i.e., New
> Yor* would result in New York, New York City, New York State, New
> Yorkie, New Yorkshire Pudding, etc.
>
> Now...with an audience of average PC literate corporate America, is
> it enough to explain that the functionality now exists with a simple
> sentence or two explanation or could there be those out there that
> don't understand this functionality and need a full explanation along
> with examples?
>
> Note...* is the only form we support...no ? for single characters or
> anything more complex.
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