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Well, I was going to send an private amen to Jill, but I think a public one
is called for here.
Amen, Jill! For those you missed her final point the first time around,
here is is again:
>My caution to anyone encountering a nonstandard interface would be to keep
an
>open mind. How many of us have struggled to make a document conform to a
good
>template or style guide that wasn't good for THAT document? Check out the
>rationale for why an interface is nonstandard before accepting it or
rejecting
>it. (If nothing else, an open, explain-this-to-me approach is usually a
less
>threatening way to approach the developer.)
Sella Rush mailto:sellar -at- apptechsys -dot- com
Applied Technical Systems (ATS)
Bremerton, Washington
Developers of the CCM Database
