[Sigia-l] Instructive Interaction vs. Contextual Help vs. Print Documentati on

[Boniface Lau]

> From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org]On
> Behalf Of Shep McKee
>  
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> 
> I'm intrigued by the concepts introduced (to me, at least) by
> Constantine & Lockwood in the Winter 2002 issue of "User Experience"
> - a similar article is online here:
> http://www.foruse.com/articles/instructive.pdf

The concept of instructive interaction is sound. But the choice of
techniques requires judicious judgement. The most popular example is
probably the animated "Click Here to Begin" caption when starting
Windows 95. Many people found the animation annoying. Some even
thought it was a virus:

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22Win95+Click+here+to+begin+virus%22


Boniface