Re: FWD: Online help wording question

[Smokey Lynne L Bare <slbare -at- JUNO -dot- COM>]

May I suggest:


For VIEWING SELECTIONS - Touch the appropriate DIALS.  To UNDO SELECTIONS
- TOUCH the same DIAL again.

For the screens utilizing boxes, I would repeat the above, but with the
word BOXES for tech users.  In the case of marketing purposes for
customers (gen. public), I would use the word SQUARES (again based on
usability recognition).


Consider the demographic age range of your end user (especially in kiosk
scenarios).  There is a better usability ratio when using specific cap
segments.  If you keep in mind the ol' scientific theory....for every
action there is an opposite reaction...., you will find you have composed
a fairly comprehensive set of instructions, and a definite recall pattern
by the user.

Oops, snow coming into Ohio, better move the PC back to the end of the
cave.

Smokey

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