Protocol's Fine Wares
| Published date | 01 March 1994 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455059404100123 |
| Date | 01 March 1994 |
| Author | Chris Tayler |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
program user. The instructions are clear
and the assurance that the computer does
not keep any record of the session
promotes confidence in the user. The
structure of the program is that a pair of
statements appear on the screen and the
user has to indicate which they feel is
most
Protocol’s
appropriate to their own driving.
The program keeps a running total of
how many questions have been answered,
Fine Wares
and how many remam. The two
statements appear on the screen
simultaneously and all are well drafted.
Protocol Software has been established
At the conclusion of the session the
for a number of
results
years and now have a
are clearly displayed and
variety of good, clear and reasonably
enhanced by a brief description of their
cheap programs on offer. It is possible to
significance. An excellent graphical
buy these as a ’set’. All of Protocol’s
display of the results can be displayed if
screens are well laid out, mformative and
required.
pleasant to use if you are fortunate
enough to have a colour monitor. The
Alcohol
use of colour is highly appropriate
A questionnaire, consisting of twenty
throughout and contributes to the ease of
items, designed to test the user’s
use and clarity of the programs.
knowledge of alcohol and its effects. The
However, on some mono monitors some
user is asked to select one answer from a
parts of the screen totally disappear,
list of five statements and
making the
gets immediate
programs all but unusable.
feedback from
This
making this choice. Once
may present a problem to
Protocol in the short term but
again, as with all Protocol’s programs,
agam
the
highlights
layout is clear, the use of colour is
one aspect of the apparent
attitude of Social Work and Probation
good and the graphics are pertinent and
well
management to the introduction of IT.
displayed. The program keeps a
Anyone going into their local Bank, Building
runmng score of correct answers and
Society or Travel Agent will see the
gives final comment on the...
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