A List Apart: Articles: Good Help is Hard to Find
Frustrated users can become a company’s biggest fans. People who have no trouble using a system may not give the experience a great deal of thought. But someone who has difficulty and then finds that the system anticipated their need for help (and met it effectively) is much more likely to appreciate the thoughtfulness of the system’s developers—and of the business itself.
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