RE: Screen captures (was RE: TECHWR-L Digest, Vol 35, Issue 14)

["Leonard C. Porrello" <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- SoleraTec -dot- com>]

Here's what caught my attention: "Subjects: Seventy-three Dutch students
from the Faculty of Educational Science and Technology participated in
the experiment."

In other words, regardless of computer experience, the subject were
highly literate and, arguably, visio-spatially sophisticated. How well
do the findings pertain to users who are not highly literate and users
that do not have a high level of visio-spatial sophistication and/or
aptitude? (This issue is raised in the conclusion)

Also, are there any implications for documentation that uses both a full
graphics AND partial screen captures?

Leonard

-----Original Message-----
From: techwr-l-bounces+leonard -dot- porrello=soleratec -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+leonard -dot- porrello=soleratec -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- c
om] On Behalf Of Sean Brierley
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 9:38 AM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Screen captures (was RE: TECHWR-L Digest, Vol 35, Issue 14)

Good question. This is the iPod generation. I think we need a new study.

Cheers,

Sean
 


-----Original Message-----
From: John Posada [mailto:jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 12:35 PM
To: Sean Brierley
Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Screen captures (was RE: TECHWR-L Digest, Vol 35, Issue 14)


On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Sean Brierley
<sbrierley -at- accu-time -dot- com> wrote:
> That article looks very interesting. Of course, it was written last 
> century

but less than a decade ago.

> and doesn't accommodate how the latest generation uses documentation, 
> let alone the fact that we now have

and how DOES the latest generation do it so differently?

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help gives you everything you need to author and 
publish quality Help, Web, and print content. Perfect for technical 
authors, developers, and policy writers. Download a FREE trial.
http://www.componentone.com/DocToHelp/

True single source, conditional content, PDF export, modular help.
Help & Manual is the most powerful authoring tool for technical
documentation. Boost your productivity! http://www.helpandmanual.com

---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- 

To unsubscribe send a blank email to 
techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/archive%40web.techwr-l.com


To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info.