Hello All,

I appreciate that Kelly forwarded my reviews of tutorials to this
list.  Any comments pro or con are appreciated and can be sent to
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I must comment on Jay Leventhal's remarks on my reviews.

1. I mentioned right up front that I write tutorials and the reader should
beware of potential bias.

2. I recommended that readers check them out for themselves.

3. I gave concrete examples of what I considered errors or poor
quality.  Well, Jay, did I mistate anything.

4. More than a dozen readers sent me messages back concurring with my
observations, and 4 violently disagreed with me.  Well, I guess that makes
a good review when people are interested enough to read it and comment.

5. Jay says I don't like anybody elsestutorials.  I guess he didn't read
the whole review.  I clearly point out that the tutorials from the Iowa
Commission for the Blind Windows Assist Project are filled with great
information and are certainly worth the money.  I also consider the writing
style therein to be very boring -- the reader is told dozens of times that
a certain key does a certain job, but  that is another matter
entirely.  Clearly, well-organized and correct content are the most
inportant factors.  Style of presentation is more a matter of taste than
correctness.  Lots of folks don't like my braille layout because I leave a
blank line between paragraphs instead of placing a tabe before the first
line of a paragraph.  I find it easier to skim when there is extra
space.  I use this stylistic change to please my readers and the heck with
the braille authority.  But, the marketplace dictates whether style is
rewarded or not by the consumer's pocketbook.
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6. The wyfiwyg newsletter now has over 1700 subscribers so I am doing lots
of good or causing lots of trouble.  You be the judges.

Peter Duran


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