Re: Is there a study on reading warnings, notes?

Subject: Re: Is there a study on reading warnings, notes?
From: "Henry J. Wicko II" <henry -dot- wicko -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "Edwin Skau" <eddy -dot- skau -at- gmail -dot- com>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 14:37:07 -0500

Edwin,

Jakob Nielsen's site may have some useful information for you on this.
I find it an excellent resource if information for web style guides
and technical communication. This is not a study as you requested but
a resource I thought I would pass in as I think it might apply to your
question.

Browse http://www.useit.com/alertbox/ for ideas.

HTH

Henry

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 10:55 PM, Edwin Skau <eddy -dot- skau -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Is there a study that shows how many people actually read warnings, notes
> and tips?
>
> Before I moved to tech writing, I always treated them as 'asides' for later
> reading that never happened. Many folks I've asked about this have confessed
> to similar reading behavior.
>
> I wonder.
>
> Edwin
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