Re: Recommended books on tech writing

Subject: Re: Recommended books on tech writing
From: John Fleming <johntwrl -at- hotmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 10:15:21 -0700


On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 11:04:04 -0800, while chained to a desk in the
scriptorium, isaacr -at- mailsnare -dot- net (Isaac Rabinovitch) wrote:

> $Keyboard navigation tends to get neglected, both in GUI design and user documentation. That
> $shortchanges all users, and imposes severe hardship on many. There are physically disabled users who
> $can't use a mouse. Mouse aversion is also a popular strategy for avoiding repititve stress injury
> $and/or aggravating exsiting RSI conditions. If software and documentation is to be accessibility
> $compliant (and this is often a legal requirement) you can't ignore these issues.

I don't disagree with your grist here, but I do want to add one more
group of keyboard users. Those of us who use the keyboard by choice, if
for no other reason than it lets us do our jobs faster and more
efficiently.

Let's face it. It takes time to move that mouse pointer around the
screen.

Many years ago, I attended a computer course and the instructor put
things this way. The advantage of the mouse is that it has a
comparatively short learning curve. It takes longer to learn the
keystrokes. Once you know the keystrokes, though, speed leaves the
mouse users in the dust.

John Fleming
Technical Writer
Edmonton, Alberta

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