Re: Drop term "user's guide"?

Subject: Re: Drop term "user's guide"?
From: wswallow -at- nycap -dot- rr -dot- com
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 13:23:18 -0400


> That's the thing--the reason I've heard is completely ridiculous.
> The client
> feels like the term "user" sounds too much like a drug "user" or
> junky. They
> don't like "user's guide" because of the connotations of the word.
> My
> question is: when they log on, is it called a User ID? My boss
> doesn't want
> to just laugh in their face and say, "Haha. Uh, no." This also
> comes from
> the guy who will not let us use the word "create" because only God
> creates things.

LOL! Well, fabricate a "Target Audience Who Will Interact with the Product Guide" and be on your way then. ;)


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