Please don't use screenshots in on-screen help

[Daniel Robitaille]

On 3/27/06, Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt at myrealbox.com> wrote:
> On Mar 25, 2006, at 5:29 AM, Henrik Nilsen Omma wrote:
> > ...
> > I know some of you are taking (or planning to take) screen shots for
> > various guides.
> > ...
>
> If any of you think this is a good idea, watch this video:
> <http://betterdesktop.ximian.com/video/changedesktopbackground/
> Subject10.mpeg>
>
> Please avoid using screenshots in documents that are intended for
> screen use. When you must use them, crop them to the relevant part of
> the interface, give them faded edges, and shrink them to 75% or so, so
> they don't look like the actual interface. Thanks.
>
> --
> Matthew Paul Thomas
> http://mpt.net.nz/

Thanks for that link.  The movie is a bit big to download, but it was worth it.

Daniel

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Daniel Robitaille