RE: Windows Vista tone (was RE: Pet Peeves)

["Sarah Bouchier" <Sarah -dot- Bouchier -at- exony -dot- com>]

>* Strike the right balance: be warm toward the user without being too
>intimate or too business-like. Imagine that you are helping a friend
use
>the product for the first time. This person is not your best friend or
>significant other, but instead, a neighbor or family friend. Users
>should feel comfortable and at home when using Windows, but the
language
>should not feel presumptuous or too familiar.

Woo!  The way I write has become fashionable!

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Sarah Bouchier 
Technical Author 

exony 


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