I agree with all of this.
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John Kendall wrote:
>
> cf my previous e-mails regarding the unusability of sources.
>
> However, I would prefer that the time and money which will be spent on a
> video, be spent improving the ergonomics of the program and the on-line help
> so that a training video is not needed.
>
> Have the Millenia people ever done a proper user analysis session?
>
> This is where you sit behind (preferably new) users whilst they use the
> program. You record their key strokes, and use that analysis to reduce the
> number of key strokes/mouse clicks needed. This will:
>
> - make the program easier to use by highlighting where functions are not in
> the place the user would expect. For instance why is the Bad dates report
> on the find button not on the potential problems report or on the reports
> menu?
> - reduce the overall number of keystrokes/mouse clicks making the program
> quicker to use.
> - highlight where users are using the program in a way which was not
> intended.
>
> The on-line help needs improving greatly. Really it should be written by a
> professional technical writer. It is really not satisfactory in its current
> form.
>
> Regards
>
> John
>
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf Of Glenda
> > Hall
> > Sent: 2001 February 07 06:18
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Need your input for advanced training video
> >
> >
> > Yes, that would be a good one! I tried saving and then
> > loading clips for reuse, but several times when I deleted one
> > specific clip, it deleted all of them so gave up.
> >
> > Joey
> >
> > ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> > From: "David Cripps" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 16:57:03 +1100
> >
> > >> What else???
> > >
> > >I've never been confident with the source clipboard, so this
> > would be great!
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >Dave Cripps
> > >
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