Re: "Old School Article"

Subject: Re: "Old School Article"
From: jlshaeffer -at- aol -dot- com
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 07:57:27 -0400



"I wonder if technology will ever reach the point where documenting
instructions is superfluous because the interface is just that
intuitive? "

I remember reading predictions that the GUI would make documentation
obsolete.
I read those predictions circa Windows 3.1.

Jim





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RE:"Old School Article": From: Blount, Patricia A
RE: "Old School Article": From: Nicola Harlow

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