#: 17001 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    09-Nov-92  08:59:02
Sb: #16993-MM/1 - Sound Utilities
Fm: Mark Griffith 76070,41
To: Stephen Seneker 75020,3611 (X)

Steve,

When something is missing from the command line, yes you should put up a
message for the user.  If you think it is too much trouble to try and help the
"4th grade" users, then you shouldn't be trying to sell your programs. Also,
your help messages could be more specific.  Again, the more info you give the
better it will be.  The interface is very important.  If it is not up to snuf
as the user sees it, then they won't have much confidence in the rest of the
program.  Look at the MS-DOS world, help messages are very detailed and context
sensitive.  Not that you need to go that far, but that is what the users want.

Mark