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Subject:Re: We can't make stuff up? From:William Swallow <WSWALLOW -at- COMMSOFT -dot- NET> Date:Wed, 14 Jul 1999 09:19:33 -0400
In doing so you risk the integrity of the product. I know, I know... I sound
like some corporate tight-assed suit but we need to be consistent on all
levels, including documentation, marketing, sales, development...
I'd love to go around making up names for gadgets I document, and sometimes
I do, but not without an OK from the other departments and definitely not
without letting them all know.
> -----Original Message-----
> This is an interesting point... What if the doodad that you're documenting
> doesn't have an official title? Or the only official title is something
> cryptic like HungarianWidgetThatPopsUpUnexpectedly, you can't give it a
> more
> user-friendly name?
>
