Re: Simply

Subject: Re: Simply
From: "Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 13:03:07 -0700

I call it technical accuracy. When have you used a
software product that did *not* have problems...?

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message -----
> Keith Hansen <KRH -at- weiland-wfg -dot- com> wrote:
> Of course, word choice can affect the user's
> perception of the product.
> For example, in a software guide, I came across a
> sentence that read
> "When you run into problems..."
>
> WHEN?! Makes it sound like a foregone conclusion: it
> WILL happen.
> ("Users, you are all doomed!") Surely it would have
> been better to say
> "If you encounter difficulties ..." (or something to
> that effect).
>
> At any rate, that one word undermined my
> confidence...


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References:
RE: Simply: From: Chris Borokowski

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