RE: Documenting two similar interfaces

Subject: RE: Documenting two similar interfaces
From: "Mike McCallister" <mike -dot- mccallister -at- pkware -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:23:57 -0500


While I was speaking somewhat generically--as a general rule, people
hate changing the way they do things--clearly David Neeley's original
comment this morning points to the conventional wisdom re: the ribbon.
That was: "At one go, they are copying what is probably the single most
unpopular change to Microsoft Office in living memory."


Mike McCallister
Document Architect
PKWARE, Inc.

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Subject: RE: Documenting two similar interfaces

What "initial massive rejection"? My beer-bet anecdote gave the opposite
of Peter's -- he got 21.84 to 1 against, I got 10.25 to 1 in favor.

Of course, this ignores the initial massive *expense* -- i.e.,
upgrading...


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Re:Documenting two similar interfaces: From: David Neeley
RE: Documenting two similar interfaces: From: Dan Goldstein
Re: Documenting two similar interfaces: From: Peter Neilson
RE: Documenting two similar interfaces: From: Dan Goldstein
RE: Documenting two similar interfaces: From: Mike McCallister
RE: Documenting two similar interfaces: From: Dan Goldstein

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