RE: Is additional verbiage needed?

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

Leonard C. Porrello wrote:
 
> The applications I document runs on Windows, Linux, and 
> Macintosh platforms. On the "System Requirements" page, I 
> have only the "System Requirements" header and ...
> 
> Windows
> Linux
> Macintosh
> 
> Except for the header, each phrase is a hyperlink that 
> expands a table containing the application's OS, hardware, 
> and software requirements for each platform.
> 
> I am partly inclined to add some introductory verbiage, but I 
> have resisted since I can't image anything that would add 
> meaning. Having selected "System Requirements", the user 
> obviously knows what he is looking for. Similarly, he knows 
> whether he needs to see requirements for Windows, Linux, or 
> Macintosh. He will also understand hyper linking conventions 
> (the text is blue, and when hovering, the text is underlined 
> and the cursor becomes a hand), and if that isn't enough, 
> each phrase is preceded by a +.
> 
> Is more verbiage needed? If so, what could I say that isn't already
> (strongly) implied?

No. And congratulations on resisting the urge to add pointless verbiage.
Give yourself a pat on the back and leave well enough alone. :-)

Richard


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Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-777-0436
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