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Subject:Re: Improving the clarity From:Karen Kay <karenk -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 14 Aug 1995 13:20:27 -0700
Starr, Mike said:
> I always say:
> Select the File/Open menu item.
I don't understand sentences like this. They certainly aren't
transparent. I can't parse them. There is no File/Open menu! The first
time I saw something like this it took me a loooooooooong time before
I could figure out what it meant.
> From: Karen_Mayer.TOUCH_TECHNOLOGY
> is easier to read and follow than
> - To open a file, select Open from the File menu.
I agree that this is aggravating, too, because the order is wrong. But
at least the names and the hierarchy is transparent (if reversed).
I don't have any solution for this problem, except to suggest
something like 'Click on the File menu and select Open', which has its
own problems.
