On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 01:12:00PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 08:51:19PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > > OTOH, then you get into the problem of pointing people to information > > that hasn't been tested, may conflict with our information, yadi yadi. > > True, but as long as we delineate the stuff of questionable quality > properly, it should work well. I've noticed that sometimes, when users can't > seem to find their way through one document, they give up trying and instead > look for alternatives. I sometimes catch myself doing this. If we provide > them with alternatives right there, they'll be happier, and if we nudge them > towards proper alternatives, the benefit is even larger.
Good point! 'Quick-start alternatives' This would also make it a very visible collecting spot so people would be encouraged to let us know about their own crib notes' locations on the web. -- "The way the Romans made sure their bridges worked is what we should do with software engineers. They put the designer under the bridge, and then they marched over it." -- Lawrence Bernstein, Discover, Feb 2003
