Re: Documenting Wizards

Subject: Re: Documenting Wizards
From: Gordon Meyer <gordonmeyer -at- mac -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 09:25:12 -0700


If a "wizard" requires documentation, I suggest putting the time and energy into improving the wizard. Wizards are essentially self-disclosing and interactive instructions, so having Help for a wizard is sort of like having a manual for the manual. (Which, of course, is sometimes done. Ugh.)


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