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Subject:RE: Terminology for web page elements From:"Jessica Weissman" <Jessica -dot- Weissman -at- hillcrestlabs -dot- com> To:"Edgar D' Souza" <edgar -dot- b -dot- dsouza -at- gmail -dot- com>, <dodd -at- teleport -dot- com> Date:Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:17:21 -0400
Yes, this is a very nice example. If anyone wants to see and weep over
a poor example, look at the lengthy manual for the Sharp Aquos HDTV I
bought recently. Dozens of buttons identified with a several-page key,
some obviously misidentified. The misidentification of others became
evident only after a few hours of trying to set the thing up.
Some pictures seem to require not just 1000 but multiple thousands of
words of explanation.
So, if you're explaining multiple parts of a page/screen, this ought to
work
pretty well. "A picture is worth a thousand words" may be a hoary old
saying, but it still makes sense.
Hope this helps..
Regards,
Ed.
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