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Subject:Re: Which do you think is better... From:Dan 'Fergus' Roberts <droberts -at- PANIX -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 18 Aug 1995 06:16:48 -0400
John McGhie (jmcghie -at- world -dot- net) wrote:
: But I believe the second screen capture is unnecessary. The only
: place you have to show a GUI user the outcome is in the Getting
: Started With Windows Guide, and Microsoft has alrady written it <g>
: For other users, the outcome happens in front of their face, they do
: not need a picture of it.
I disagree.
Since you're going to spend more time talking about what to do with this
screen, the visual is more necessary, so that the reader has the subject of
the discussion readily available.
Of course, I am also assuming that the reader/user never gets to this screen
any other way. For screens that you see over and over, I'd only show a
couple of times.
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Dan 'Fergus' Roberts
droberts -at- panix -dot- com
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