RE: fa-ce-tious adj. 1 Straining to be funny, esp. inappropriately

["Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>]

Well, since neither Laura nor I am a 18- to 24-year-old male, we don't
really know how most of them would react. But I assume that, like most
users:

* They'd rather not read a manual.
* They'll read a manual only if they want to do something and they can't
figure out how.
* If they want to learn how to do something, they want to be told as
quickly and clearly as possible.
* In this case, more "cute" means more words (as Laura pointed out) and
less clarity.

And since you brought up Halo, I looked at some user-created Web sites
for Halo Easter eggs, tips & tricks, etc. Most of them were all
business, no cuteness.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laura Lemay
> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 11:43 AM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: fa-ce-tious adj. 1 Straining to be funny, esp. 
> inappropriately
> 
> The Helix, BTW, is an "extreme" sports watch for 18-24 yr old 
> males. These are the kids that drink Red Bull, watch Super MX, 
> play Halo, and call each other "dude."  There's probably way 
> too much text here for this audience, actually, but what is 
> there is written just fine (needs a bit of copy editing, but 
> hey, glass houses)...
> 

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