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Subject:The term "functionality"? From:Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>, mailinfodd-wrt -at- yahoo -dot- com Date:Thu, 26 Oct 2006 11:32:13 -0400
Marie Palmieri wondered: <<Any opinions about using the term
"functionality" -- or not? Certain audiences seems to have a strong
aversion to the term, others not so much.>>
As you note, not everyone likes the term, so whether or not to use it
depends on your audience and purpose. (Doesn't it always come down to
that? <g>)
Engineers and development or marketing managers are perfectly at ease
with the term, so it might be appropriate for them. Users of products
could care less about functionality (they just want to know how to
accomplish a task, not what functions a product has), so the question
then becomes how to recast the words to focus on that need.
If neither of these situations fits the context for your question,
please provide more details so we can come up with better suggestions.
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