On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 20:52 +0200, Frank Peters wrote: > >> For 2. especially for the online help I would suggest to > >> - create a problem-oriented context sensitive help in dialogs. > >> - make offerings beyond documentation: give access to user groups. > >> - Create an expanding function like in Microsoft Office to allow > >> embedded information for beginners within information for advanced users. > >> > > > > You know this make a lot of sense. So maybe we could move Help to the > > wiki and fix OOo buttons to go to the wiki for whatever is needed. This > > has the advantage to the community of being a resource like wikipedia > > that can be maintained by the community, reduces the bloat from OOo > > introduced by the continuous increasing size of Help and it would make > > the project more attractive to contributors who would no longer have to > > deal with the current restrictive practices imposed on us. The only > > disadvantage I see to this suggestion is that it would reduce the > > workload for the Sun technical writing team. > > I don't see that, actually. Sun TW team is a contributor like others > are and would continue to be one. Be it for OLH or other bits.
Fro my part, your contributions are more than welcome. As you know what I want is something more open and not dependent on either Sun or JCA. Having Help on the wiki will allow this. > > I don't believe in the "wisdom of the masses", or at least I believe > to the same degree in the "stupidity of the masses". So even wikipedia > has an editorial framework set up to ensure validity and accuracy of > the information posted. In the way the community, that's ALL OF US ;-) > increasingly contributes, a good editorial process becomes increasingly > important. So essentially you agree that using the wiki is the way to go. Good. > > We already see this now where the lack of such process leads to > outdated FAQs, for example. It's dangerous because we may lose > the credibility of the user base. And a user that turns away from > docs in frustration may never come back, as user or contributor. > The FAQ issue is not typical in that it involves three separate groups. Integrating them on the wiki has been Scott's and my goal for some time. In fact we thought we had volunteers to complete the process but I guess it is too tedious and we have not completed this migration. > So don't worry taking work away from us, there's still > a lot to do ;-) I am certain StarOffice and Solaris will keep you more than busy ;-) -- G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenOffice.org
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