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Subject:RE: Task-based vs. descriptive online help From:"Melissa Akers" <Makers -at- Lumisys -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 7 Mar 2001 12:48:28 -0700
Would naming a help topic after a screen name, for example, "Status Window",
really be appropriate? Is that "reference help"? How often do users look
at the title bar of a window and then look it up in the help (by TOC, index,
or by help topic)?
IPCC 01, the IEEE International Professional Communication Conference,
October 24-27, 2001 at historic La Fonda in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
CALL FOR PAPERS OPEN UNTIL MARCH 15. http://ieeepcs.org/2001/
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