[austechwriter] Re: Sliding bars and cursor lines in menu screenshots
- From: Mike Buckler <mbuckler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 16:14:02 +0800
Thursday, May 15, 2003, 4:01:28 PM, Paul wrote:
PB> I was wondering what fellow techwriters thought of the practice of letting
PB> sliding bars of screenshots appear 'checkered' or 'pixelated'.
Sliding bars = scroll bars ?
Are you referring to the aliasing patterns generated by laser printers
and film RIPS ?
PB> In the old days, we used to replace the offending sliding bars
PB> with a solid bar using a graphic editor. Do readers and, moreover,
PB> editors care anymore about such details in screenshots?
Depends on how much time you have. Most companies want the doco
finished by yesterday.
PB> And while we're on the topic, what about the habit of leaving cursor lines
PB> in screenshots? Is this creating misleading information or is it simply bad
PB> art?
Why is it misleading ? The screen shot should reflect reality.
Best regards,
Mike Buckler
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