Look I have to agree....I like this forum very much but ever since I subscribed to atw my Inbox has ballooned and it takes time to plow through them all. Three days since I last downloaded my email and I have a total of 109 emails in my Inbox today..... and I'm not even working!... Let's not split (split-ended) hairs. Matilda Reich :-o ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Jeffery <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 1:03 PM Subject: atw: Well done > Thanks Michael - I am glad that there is someone else out there who gets fed > up with inane petty email debates that bore most of us silly. > > Andrew > > -----Original Message----- > From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Michael Edward > Granat > Sent: Tuesday, 17 February 2004 12:29 PM > To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: atw: Re: To press while... or hold? > > > This is just getting silly guys. > > Surely you have something more "pressing" to do? > > As you can see, press is an ambiguous word, anyway, just ask the IT press > and tell them to stop the presses before we all get depressed. > > Remember that 30% of any audience that you encounter in Australia will not > have English as its/their first language, so keep it plain and simple, but > not simplistic. > > Hey, here's an idea, How about picking up a phone or walking over to the > next desk actually asking a representative member of your intended audience > what works best for them? > > (Asking the "users" for the sake of relevance and usability -- what a scary > concept.) > > Get real. > > Michael Granat > Write Ideas > > ************************************************** > To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to > austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to > austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. > > To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. > > To search the austechwriter archives, go to > www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter > > To contact the list administrator, send a message to > austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************************************************** > > ************************************************** > To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. > > To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. > > To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter > > To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************************************************** ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************