Re: Opinions, please: Document by the Component or by the Tab?

Subject: Re: Opinions, please: Document by the Component or by the Tab?
From: "Lin Sims" <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- polycom -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:19:54 -0400

*thwaps forehead*

Of course. It's obvious. My only excuse is that it's been a long day for me.

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Combs, Richard
<richard -dot- combs -at- polycom -dot- com> wrote:

> Put yourself in the user's place. Would you approach your job by
> randomly picking a tab and then looking to see if it's needed for the
> component you want to configure? I don't think so.
>
> A list of components that a tab is used in is of virtually no use to
> your users. They're going to approach this product from the standpoint
> of "How/where do I configure the XYZ component?" -- not "What can I do
> with the ABC tab?"
>
> Richard
>
>
> Richard G. Combs
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Opinions, please: Document by the Component or by the Tab?: From: Lin Sims
RE: Opinions, please: Document by the Component or by the Tab?: From: Combs, Richard

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