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Here's an example of how the language on the site is a problem for me:
I just now found the installation instructions for the live CD. I
clicked on Wiki and there it was. Matt Flaschen told me in an email how
to load gns. Basically just stick it in the drive and reboot, making
sure the computer will read the CD drive first. Or something like
that. Anyway, I didn't know what a Wiki was, so i didn't look there.
Maybe there could be something written on the Wiki button to explain
what it is. Like "instructions"? Just guessing here.
Or maybe it's better to leave things as they are, and if people want to
use the tool (computer w/software), let them struggle to learn about
it. After all, the software is free, not easy. Nothing valuable is
easy to come by.
Patrick
Thanks for your comments, Patrick. We know that the wiki is generally in
a state of, uhm, being not so good, especially for less technical
people. One problem is that not a lot of people like editing the wiki or
that they don't know how to do it well (I'm one of them). The other
problem is that most of the people who do edit the wiki are geeks, who
take some stuff for granted.
That's why experiences from newbies (like you) are valuable. They make
us see that some things are not obvious to everybody. By adjusting to
your needs we can make gNewSense available to a much wider audience.
So I guess "wiki" indeed doesn't say much to a lay person.
"Documentation" maybe doesn't completely cover it all, but is a much
more accessible term. Opinions, anyone?
This probably not the only thing that could use some clarification.
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