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Re: I need help with Functionality versus Function ; Plus
Subject:Re: I need help with Functionality versus Function ; Plus From:David Dvorkin <DDvorkin -at- FRXSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 15 Jul 1998 09:27:58 -0600
Writers who refuse to use terminology common in their business
and expected by those who read their documents are interfering
with communication, not improving it.
David Dvorkin
FRx Software Corporation mailto:ddvorkin -at- frxsoft -dot- com
(303) 741-8280
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> From: Mark Dempsey[SMTP:mxd2 -at- OSI -dot- COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 1998 9:13 AM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: I need help with Functionality versus Function ;
> Plus
>
> I write documents, not documentation (yes, they're both in the
> dictionary).
>
> I also use (not "utilize") graphic user interfaces, not graphical
> ones.
>
> The Bo-Deedlized "complicationization" of straightforward prose is
> counter-productive when you're writing instructions. It may show how
> cool you are, but I doubt it instructs your customers.
>
