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Re: Follow order of widget on screen, or logical order for procedures?
Subject:Re: Follow order of widget on screen, or logical order for procedures? From:"Chris Jackson" <crassick -at- bellsouth -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 15 Feb 2000 14:13:41 -0500
>From: David Castro <thetechwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com>
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>So, which is better? Put the procedure in the order of widgets on the screen?
>Or put the steps in a logical order, and have the user bouncing around on the
>screen looking for the corresponding widgets? <snip>
>I've opted for putting steps in a logical order, since we're dealing with users
>who like to have a straightforward explanation. But the QA folks want to have
>the steps match the screen layout.
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Chris Jackson replies:
Presenting the steps in a sequential order makes much sense to me. But
could you also include a screenshot with callouts that match the step
numbers, for users as much as to appease QA?
