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Subject:RE: Designing a new help system -- Oh boy! ...ugh From:"Cascio, Justin" <Justin_Cascio -at- tvratings -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 2 Dec 1999 10:01:55 -0500
<Rene Stephenson asked about documenting a Java app>
I'd lean on the developers to name those screens, and avoid screen shots. If
the help's context-sensitive, it's redundant, and replacing the shots is
another internationalization issue.
Justin Cascio