> A small image might help? It might. I don't like to predict the result of an experiment, but worth a try I say.
I always prefer simple devices over complicated ones. Screen shots rather than movies. And to me, movies are "complicated". Sure, they don't risk the learner "jumping the rails" like a static tutorial, but they risk him taking against the narrator's accent, among other things. And few users have the attention span to sit thru a tutorial longer than a minute or two. But I must admit I was impressed with Apple's getting-started movies that accompany iWork... http://www.apple.com/iwork/tutorials/ --check-em out! which I've recently bought to replace Excel and Word. The movies are slick, quick and minimally irritating. They make it all look so easy. But there... Apple Inc have over 25 years' experience in getting-started guides. And there's the accumulated experience of the whole commercials industry. But just think of the storyboarding, lab user trials and protocol analysis that have gone into making 3 lousy minutes of footage. Same with all movie-making. Experience and resources do show. On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 12:15 AM, Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: >> But of course it would convey it unambiguously. > > A small image might help? > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
