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By: Watch Users Read Your Writing

Watch Users Read Your Writing — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:35:29 +0000

[...] Tom Johnson offers a great writing tip especially for tech writers and others who write instructions. This method also works well with Web content and forms. Watching people use a Web site, a product, a service — anything is a superb way to get insight on how others use the product or service. [...]