TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Subject:Re: Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 From:Peter Lewicke <plewicke -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>, Paul Hanson <phanson -at- Quintrex -dot- com> Date:Mon, 3 Nov 2008 10:43:58 -0800 (PST)
There were very few complaints about the introduction of Win95. 3.1 was known to be buggy. Things looked a lot different with Win95, but it was much more reliable.
It is unreasonable to compare the switch of an operating system from Windows 3.1 to 95 with the introduction of of a new version of an application: Office 2003 and 2007.
Ignoring the difference in the type of change involved and just considering the kinds of comments, the switch in versions of MSFT Office involved things being changed in ways that made the application less useful and user-friendly. There was simply no reason to change most of what was changed. With the change from 3.1 to 95, the changes were necessary for the utility of the operating system. Although some learning was necessary, the users of 3.1 were sophisticated users who could use DOS, and most of us knew that change was necessary.
Peter
--- On Mon, 11/3/08, Paul Hanson <phanson -at- Quintrex -dot- com> wrote:
> From: Paul Hanson <phanson -at- Quintrex -dot- com>
> Subject: Windows 3.1 to Windows 95
> To: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> Date: Monday, November 3, 2008, 12:41 PM
> Microsoft likes to change things up. Prior to the Office
> 2003 to Office 2007, I can point to Windows 3.1 to Windows
> 95 as a shift in the UI that moved things around.
>
> I'm wondering... were any of you on a list back when
> Windows 95 was released on users that were used to Windows
> 3.1? Was there an outcry of complaints from users? Or do
> people think that 3.1 ==> 95 was not as big of a change
> as Office 2003 to Office 2007?
>
> I didn't know email even existed when I made the switch
> from 3.1 to 95 so I really don't know.
>
> Paul Hanson
> Technical Writer
> RoboHelp ACE -
>http://www.adobe.com/support/forums/team_macromedia/robohelp.html
> Quintrex Data Systems http://www.quintrex.com
> email: phanson at quintrex.com
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>
> ---
> You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as
> plewicke -at- yahoo -dot- com -dot-
>
> To unsubscribe send a blank email to
> techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> or visit
>http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/plewicke%40yahoo.com
>
>
> To subscribe, send a blank email to
> techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>
> Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit
>http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info.
>
> Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at:
>http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat
ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2009 is your all-in-one authoring and publishing
solution. Author in Doc-To-Help's XML-based editor, Microsoft Word or
HTML and publish to the Web, Help systems or printed manuals. http://www.doctohelp.com
Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual
authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write
once, publish to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and version control! http://www.helpandmanual.com/
---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-
