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Subject:Re: Crispy around the edges From:Wade Courtney <wade -dot- courtney -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 29 Jun 2004 10:47:08 -0700
But would that really help? How many help buttons do you want? Before
you know it you'll have a button to explain the button that explains
the help. I think you see where this could lead.
I actually have a preface that explains all of the buttons in the help
and also tells the user how the help system operates. It also
explains the typographical conventions and how the online help is
organized. There is only so much hand holding you can do. At some
point you have to expect the user to be able to at least be bright
enough to click the help button to figure out how the search interface
works.
Wad
On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 10:17:55 -0700, Mike Bradley <mbradley -at- techpubs -dot- com> wrote:
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