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In the context of our discussion about a "wordless manual",
Sunil Gokhale suggested <<i. Define the various activities
which revolve around the product. ii. Identify the specific
actions and assign some - character, caricature to those
actions. iii. Evolve the activity through these
caricatures.>>
Excellent suggestion. You would probably need a cover sheet
for each target audience to define the items proposed in
these suggestions, but since we already define other
conventions in manuals (e.g., menu commands in boldface), I
see no reason why something like this wouldn't work.
--Geoff Hart @8^{)} geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
Disclaimer: Speaking for myself, not FERIC.
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