Re: Drop term "user's guide"?

[wswallow -at- nycap -dot- rr -dot- com]

> That's the thing--the reason I've heard is completely ridiculous. 
> The client 
> feels like the term "user" sounds too much like a drug "user" or 
> junky. They 
> don't like "user's guide" because of the connotations of the word. 
> My 
> question is: when they log on, is it called a User ID? My boss 
> doesn't want 
> to just laugh in their face and say, "Haha. Uh, no." This also 
> comes from 
> the guy who will not let us use the word "create" because only God 
> creates things.

LOL! Well, fabricate a "Target Audience Who Will Interact with the Product Guide" and be on your way then. ;)


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