jonathon wrote:
Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
This chapter has a mix of screenshots done in WinXP and in Linux.
Other than consistency, are there any reasons why
screenshots should be from the same Operating system using
the same theme?
No other reason. However, keep in mind that some users place more
importance on consistency than others do.
Our guidelines recommend that in any one chapter, all the screenshots be
from the same o/s and theme, but in practice many chapters are not
internally consistent.
I consider consistency of screenshots to be a low-priority concern (in the
"nice-to-have" category), so I have been publishing chapters with mixed
screenshots rather than waiting for someone to have time to make them
consistent.
Of rather more importance is getting the labels and callouts (done with
Writer's drawing tools) included in the images, but while people are doing
those fixes, they might as well redo all the screenshots for consistency.
BTW, Peter H-B and I chose the WinXP silver theme because it's the best one
we've found for producing crisp, clear screenshots that print well in both
colour and black-and-white and look good when viewed on screen. I would
prefer to use a Linux theme, but haven't found one that suits our criteria.
--Jean
