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I use a guideline similar to Geoff's to determine
that, for our audience (sys and net admins), minimalism
is appropriate for online help, but not so much for
the manuals, which require more conceptual information.
A.
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Alexia Prendergast
Senior Technical Writer
Seagate Software
alexiap -at- sems -dot- com
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>From: geoff-h -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA[SMTP:geoff-h -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 1997 1:59 PM
>To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject: Minimalism
>
> ...If pressed, I'd say that people who want
> to learn _about_ something need more than a minimalist
> approach, whereas those who simply want to _do_ something
> and forget about the details will appreciate minimalist
> docs.
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