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Screenshots are good. In cluttered UIs it helps when they show you where to navigate. Also, the author has a point: you need to keep the documentation up to da
by ExoticPearTree 3y ago
Screenshots are good. In cluttered UIs it helps when they show you where to navigate.
Also, the author has a point: you need to keep the documentation up to date so the screenshots match the actual text. Because menus get moved around and it can be frustrating for non/semi-technical users if the screen they're looking at is not like in the documentation.
As a side note, it never crossed my mind that you can improve documentation by removing/deleting irrelevant icons/menus from the screenshots to make them more to the point without losing information.
- marginalia_nu 3y ago> In cluttered UIs it helps when they show you where to navigate. They're also good in minimalist UIs, which can be just as difficult to navigate if not more so. The difficulty stemming from the such UIs typically only showing you what's related to the current task, making it difficult to know if you're in the path that progresses toward your goal (if your goal extends beyond task in view).