Re: Hackos' minimalism seminar -- some insights
I would say some writers even spend (waste) oodles of time, pages and the customer's time writing about how to navigate their document. Page after useless page of how to move around in the document, and no content.
Absolutely. Another sure-fire tip off is an onscreen help system that has a "how to use the help" section that only emphasizes how to open the Help and click on links. It never occurs to some writers that in order for a reader to get to this content, they had to already master the very steps being described.
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