 | | | Re: Hexagon : two new videos | Re: Hexagon : two new videos 2005-04-25 - By Andi Newton
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As a tech writer who's just spent five months rewriting two versions of a
user guide written by programmers, I can vouch for that. Programmers are
great at writing code, and we tech writers need to work closely with them to
get the user guides and online help right, but programmers aren't writers.
TBH, I spend most of my time taking very in depth, detailed information
about how the code works and translating it into what the user sees on the
screen and needs to do to get the desired result.
I for one definitely hope Eovia produces a printed manual for Hexagon, and
seriously considers doing an updated, printed manual for Amapi.
Andi
-- -- Original Message -- --
From: "Elena Dent" <debadger@(protected)>
To: <Carrara@(protected)>
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 9:24 PM
Subject: RE: [Carrara] Re: Hexagon : two new videos
>
> That's because most software houses have taken a page from Micro$oft and
> forced the programmers to write the user manuals instead of hiring
> professional tech writers to do it right. They are two entirely different
> and equally important skill sets and it's a waste of a good programmer's
> time to force him/her to write the manual. Of course the tech writer can't
> code - but the programmer can't write or keep up with the latest revisions
> of the manual.
>
> Elena
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> From: Carrara@(protected) [mailto:Carrara@(protected)]On Behalf
> Of Steve
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 9:02 AM
> To: Carrara@(protected)
> Subject: RE: [Carrara] Re: Hexagon : two new videos
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> Shakespeare I can read, history and generally any good non-fiction
> books are terrific as well. I absolutely despise reading manuals and
> consider them time hogs and more often than not to be horribly,
> inaccurately
> and incompletely written, they'll tell you every last thing you need
> except
> for that one little thing you want to do at the moment and it never fails.
> I
> use the Microsoft knowledge database as a prime example of this. It's like
> Dante's inferno in there most of the time.
>
> If pictures say a thousand words send me video sets made up of thousands
> of
> pictures so I don't have to trudge through a laborious quagmire of
> half-explanations which makes Hercules 12 labors seem like a nightclub
> dance. Thirty seconds of video from Thomas or Brian or Brycetech or
> Shoestring Shaders or almost anyone else will teach me more then ten hours
> of drudging through all of that gobbledygook. Make short and concise
> videos
> please based upon individual tools or topics, they're time savers and
> easier
> to edit as changes occur. Keep the videos coming please, they are
> appreciated here.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steven
>
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> From: Carrara@(protected) [mailto:Carrara@(protected)] On Behalf
> Of
> Kevin babcock
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 8:00 AM
> To: Carrara@(protected)
> Subject: RE: [Carrara] Re: Hexagon : two new videos
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>
>
> Paper would be a good thing, I for one enjoy reading over a manual while
> spending "quality" time with the wife.
>
> Kevin
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> From: Carrara@(protected) [mailto:Carrara@(protected)]On Behalf
> Of
> Simon Barnsley
> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 3:59 AM
> To: Carrara@(protected)
> Subject: [Carrara] Re: Hexagon : two new videos
>
>
>
> The more I see, the more I like..
> I'll certainly be in line for it when it appears. My biggest bugbear with
> Amapi Designer
> that's bundled with Carrara 4 Pro is the lack of a proper manual. Pdf's
> are okay, but when
> you have only one screen it'd be much more beneficial to have an open
> book
> to flick
> backwards and forwards.
> I hope we'll be getting a 'real' paper User Guide??
>
> Simon
> http://www.simonbarnsley.com
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