User - She ?

Anna Jayne Metcalfe

I've no idea. I've always tended to write "he or she" in user documentation rather than choose one pronoun over the other anyway...:rolleyes: Anna :rose: Riverblade Ltd - Software Consultancy Services Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

Nemanja Trifunovic

PC. Sometimes I see even "they" for a single user.

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Nish Nishant

Sl0n wrote:

Hello! Out of curiosity, is there any particular reason why a "user" is referred to as "she" in technical documentation? Political correctness or something else?

Maybe, the technical writers like to imagine that their readers are women - it makes them feel all warm and cuddly :-D

Roger Wright

I tend to use "it" because, like most coders, I hate users.;) "...a photo album is like Life, but flat and stuck to pages." - Shog9

Nitron

I tend to maintain a 50/50 split of he/she with repetition of terms as an alternating fibonacci (sp?) sequence. i.e. he, she she, he he he, she she she she she, he he he he he he he he, then repeat with the roles switched. ;P ~Nitron.

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Member 96

Pronoun dysphoria! ;)

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peterchen

I see it this way: Andy proved that you can get closer for "a few" extra miles.

We say "get a life" to each other, disappointed or jokingly. What we forget, though, is that this is possibly the most destructive advice you can give to a geek.
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peterchen

Which sucks, IMO, if you know that 99% of your users are "he".

We say "get a life" to each other, disappointed or jokingly. What we forget, though, is that this is possibly the most destructive advice you can give to a geek.
boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist

Jorgen Sigvardsson

:laugh: I think I will use neutral pronouns when it's time to update manuals. :-D -- Pictures[^] from my Japan trip.

Paul Watson

Err. You lost me there. :) regards, Paul Watson Ireland Colib and ilikecameras. K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!

Tom Archer

With regards to technical book publishing in the states, it's a case of political correctness. Tom Archer (blog) Program Manager MSDN Online (Windows Vista and Visual C++) MICROSOFT

Raj Lal

User - She ? because it is targeted to those who actually read the technical document :laugh: "Not everything that counts can be counted..." -Albert Einstein

Anna Jayne Metcalfe

LMAO! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Anna :rose: Riverblade Ltd - Software Consultancy Services Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

Anna Jayne Metcalfe

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I thought 'it' was reserved for Marketing? ;) Anna :rose: Riverblade Ltd - Software Consultancy Services Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

Anna Jayne Metcalfe

'Ze'? :rolleyes: Anna :rose: Riverblade Ltd - Software Consultancy Services Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

Jorgen Sigvardsson

I hope you mention Mrs Fibonacci once in a while. :rolleyes: -- Pictures[^] from my Japan trip.

Gary Kirkham

Probably because women are the ones most likely to read it. Men generally only read documentation or product manuals as a last resort. Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot Me blog, You read

Lost User

So right :laugh: The tigress is here :-D