[Sigia-l] Writing vs. Documentation

[Adrian Howard]

On 3 Jan 2007, at 20:46, Ziya Oz wrote:

> Will Parker:
>
>> Writing complex  documentation
>
> I'm sure there are *some* apps where *complex* documentation is  
> needed, but
> for the vast majority of apps there's often an inverse relationship  
> between
> the "complexity" of the documentation and the inherent usability of  
> the app
> itself. Of course, there are other ways of providing  
> "documentation" without
> having to "write" (prose).

This is one of the reasons I like having good technical authors  
around early in the process. They love saving themselves work and can  
help the persuasion process for doing the UI right (ditto for first  
level tech support)

Cheers,

Adrian