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I agree the developers should refrain from putting "dummy" items in the GUI;
however, if they are there, they need to be addressed. Otherwise, the
client will attempt to use the non-functional items and complain to anyone
that will listen that the system does not work. This will not bode well for
the company that developed the application. Also, it will save a lot of
phone calls to the help desk and/or your support group. Editing the bogus
items out of your screen shots doesn't make them disappear from the clients
screen when they are using the application. They will try to use them. And
they will provide negative feedback.
>More than all of the above, I lobby strenuously to exclude switches,
>buttons, boxes, and GUI objects that are placeholders and are
>non-functional.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Moloney [SMTP:paul -dot- moloney -at- seprobilling -dot- com]
>
>
> Here's a question: what should you do about future
> functionality when it already appears in the GUI?
> (Dummy screens/buttons, etc). Should you
> (a) mention that those screens will do something
> at some stage, or (b) just ignore them? (My own
> opinion was (a), but a lot seem to plump for
> (b).
Kristin D. Field
Technical Communicator/Proofreader
Law School Admission Council
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