Do you notice that it sets the amount of time the trip will take to
account for its suggested method of crossing the Atlantic?
John G
Dick Margulis wrote:
Whenever the subject of humor comes up, tech writers break into
camps--the Never camp; the Possible but Tricky and Best to Avoid camp;
I think Google missed a marketing opportunity.
And, Google didn't do that for left-coast directions, which
discriminates against those folks and might be annoying.
Finally, how, m, sophisticated is your audience that you expect them
to google directions from New York to London?
Cheers,
There is no way I could successfully swim 3,400 miles in 29 days, even
without the sharks.
dave.
On 4/19/07, John Garison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Do you notice that it sets the amount of time the trip will take to
account for its suggested method of crossing the Atlantic?
John G
Dick
Slightly modified:
1. Point your browser to http://maps.google.com/.
2. Click the Get Directions link.
3. Enter your zip code in the From box.
4. Enter 48169 in the To box.
5. Click the Get Directions button.
Forward these instructions to anyone who really ticks you off today.
So ... what's so bad about Pinkney, Michigan?
Martinek, Carla wrote:
Slightly modified:
1. Point your browser to http://maps.google.com/.
2. Click the Get Directions link.
3. Enter your zip code in the From box.
4. Enter 48169 in the To box.
5. Click the Get Directions button.
Humor has a place anywhere, as long as you do not
confuse a part of your audience that would not be
confused without the humor present.
--- Chris Vickery [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Humor certainly has a place in lighter web apps like
Yahoo! Maps.
User Interface design blog
I disagree. Humor is subjective and open to interpretation, and in
some cases you do not want people to misinterpret cetain instructions.
Nor in some cases do you want to distract from the information being
presented.
There is a time and a place for everything.
On 4/19/07, Chris Borokowski
Well, that sounds typically American to me.
What your humour has to be is less Three Stooges, less Benny Hill, less
Mr. Bean, less laugh track, and more ... subtle, more inside, more high
brow.
For example, not the following:
1) Click File Compact. This feature doesn't work because we
Is don't quit your day job too American?
I kid
Chris
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Brierley, Sean
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 12:53 PM
To: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] Appropriate humor in tech comm
Well, that sounds
LOL! It could be worse, you never heard me sing.
Actually, my point was (a legitimate on-topic one) that I need to see
examples from those who believe humour can be worked into technical
communications. (Beyond the Google one, that is.)
Cos, without examples, I'm with Bill.
Cheers,
Sean
I wrote a manual with cartoons in it, does that count? :)
The previous version of the manual was so poorly written that no one
would touch it. When I wrote the new one, I wanted to make sure our
service techs and customers knew it was a different manual. Each
chapter has a cartoon on the
I wrote a manual with cartoons in it, does that count? :)
How about pull-quotes?
I wrote a serious manual on how to home-brew beer and wine...ran
about 25 pages, as my final project for a tech writing course I took
at a local college.
I used a 2 left margin with sidehead headings.
In the
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