RE: when is it right to be wrong?

[Stephen McDermott <Stephen -dot- McDermott -at- PREMERA -dot- com>]

If the users understand it better your way, burn the MoS.  Users can throw
things at you if they don't understand it and they can bring you Krispy
Kremes if they do.  


Steve
It's Friday, and I'm feeling spunky, 
in spite of living within slingshot range of Microsoft.

-----Original Message-----
From: Kelly Werner [mailto:kwerner -at- eaglesoft -dot- net]
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 11:43 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: when is it right to be wrong?



I'm a newer tech writer, not quite a newbie anymore, and I'm at the horns of
a dilemma.    Is it justifiable to commit a MS Manual of Style faux pas for
the sake of user comprehension?  
I put the question to you, oh counsel of elders, is it more important to be
proper or understood?



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