Re: Screen Captures with Stamps and Shadows

[Jim Barrow <vrfour -at- verizon -dot- net>]

>>Roger Bell wrote:
>Dori Green said:

>>Since stamps and shadows add no useful information to the user, >>we were going for the "way cool" effect.
[]
>In all seriousness, the purpose and scope of technical >communication is to accurately convey information.  No bells, >whistles, creativity, or other
>distractions.  Sigh.


Dori!  Say it ain't so! :^)  I've always believed that good tech writing was a balance of accurate content and good presentation.  Personally, I think it's approximately 70/30 (YMMV).  Seriously, those users that I referenced in my last post *really* liked the shadows on the graphics.  Facing eight hours of training, I guess "three-dimensional" graphics helped get them through it a little easier...I'd like to think.
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