Yeah, but technical writing is really not like literature either... The objective of literature is often to inspire thought in subtle, almost disguised ways, through the use of what you might call "poetic" language... Technical writing on the other hand attempts to intentionally eliminate as much subtle or "poetic" language as possible in an attempt to produce the clearest possible understanding of the material. I suspect technical writing is more analogous to a "business communications" class. Note that I didn't say Marketing, since that goes back to subtle (if not poetic) language. :)
> I like Eclipse a lot now, but I am fully in agreement with > your sentiment. The biggest deficiencies in open source > saftware always seem to be in the areas of human-computer > interaction and documentation. The former is its own > science and the companies that are best at it (e.g. Apple) > spend serious money on the challenges in HCI; The latter- > technical writing- is a different skillset, too. I never > saw many engineers in my literature classes in school. >>Open source software (I'm looking at you Linux and, to a >>lesser extent, you >>FireFox) has got to start addressing its interface >>deficiencies. >> >>Jim Davis s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Flash for programmers - Flash MX Pro http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=56 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:170615 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
