RE: Chicken or the Egg

Subject: RE: Chicken or the Egg
From: "John Posada" <JPosada -at- isogon -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 12:56:26 -0400


Yeah, I see your point...however, some of my windows have as many as
20-30 fields and dropdown lists. I think it's best that I identify the
specific place.

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Isogon Corporation
http://www.isogon.com
"Realizing Your Business Goals
Through Software Asset Management"

-----Original Message-----
Subject: Re: Chicken or the Egg

Often, if the gui is properly labelled, then "From the" is redundant:

e.g.
"From the Destination list, select a destination"

might as well be

"Select a Destination


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