M. Fioretti wrote:
Greetings,
new article by B. Byfield:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8443
I found this a bit rich, coming from a Linux magazine. Has the bloke who
wrote the article had a good look at other the software running on
Linux. Consistent interfaces and useful instructions are not all that
easy to find, IME.
And as if Linux folks now anything about readable instructions!
<quote>
The Limits of On-Line Help
Faced with such interface consistencies, users may turn, naturally
enough, to the OOo on-line help. However, while improving all the time,
it has troubles of its own. Common complaints about the help include:
*
It doesn't always explain when features are unique to a
particular operating system. For instance, because Windows supports the
OLE standard while other operating systems do not, the Help contains
references to using DDE Links that are unavailable under GNU/Linux.
*
It mentions features that are unavailable.
*
It does not mention features that are available.
*
Its explanations are incomplete, misleading or plain wrong.
etc </quote>
I can point the writer to a thousand Linux "instruction" documents that
are nothing if not absolute obfuscation that do little more than
bewilder the reader.
Much as I like Linux, its generally appalling documentation gets up my
goat.
Sorry, I'll stop now before I start ranting.
--
Pierre
Worrigee, NSW,
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