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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar </LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: J C Lawrence <<A HREF="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 06 May 1998 10:03:09 -0700</LI>
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On Fri, 01 May 1998 00:12:20 -0400
Caliban Tiresias Darklock<caliban#darklock,com> wrote:
> On 12:12 PM 4/30/98 -0500, I personally witnessed Dr. Cat jumping up
> to say:
>> learning is an ongoing, dynamic process, and the help a users
>> wants/needs in their first hour of using your product is very
>> different from what they need in their second day, which is
>> different from what they need after three months. But pressing F1
>> for help in any Windows app is likely to pop up the exact SAME help
>> menu with the same sub-menus and documents every time, forever.
> Ouch... you know, I've noticed this and been frustrated by it more
> times than I can count, and it never ONCE occurred to me to seek
> some sort of reasonable solution? I think I just learned the meaning
> of "At that moment, he was enlightened." ;)
A technique I learned and copied from a good friend at IBM Advantis is
to have resource tags exported for __every__ GUI control, and then
have a small external tool, called from the makefile, which checks to
ensure that every single resource tag maps to a unique section of the
help files.
Very usability enhancing.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00292" HREF="msg00292.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Fri 01 May 1998, 04:12 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00295" HREF="msg00295.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar</A></strong>,
Dr. Cat <a href="mailto:cat#bga,com">cat#bga,com</a>, Fri 01 May 1998, 07:38 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00300" HREF="msg00300.html">[MUD-Dev] OT: CGDC</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Fri 01 May 1998, 18:43 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00343" HREF="msg00343.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: OT: CGDC</A></strong>,
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J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Wed 06 May 1998, 17:04 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00311" HREF="msg00311.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar Crossfire MUD</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Sat 02 May 1998, 00:31 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00267" HREF="msg00267.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar Crossfire MUD</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org">matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Thu 30 Apr 1998, 11:58 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00328" HREF="msg00328.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar Crossfi</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sat 02 May 1998, 17:11 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00747" HREF="msg00747.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar Crossfire MUD</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sun 26 Apr 1998, 16:00 GMT
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