Hi :o) On Fri, 2006-09-08 at 08:04 +1200, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > On Sep 7, 2006, at 4:39 AM, Joachim Noreiko wrote: > > > > --- Matthew Paul Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ... > >> (b) people browsing help are looking for answers to questions (a > >> relative strength of the Ubuntu Desktop Guide), not in "manuals" > >> or "guides" as such. > > > > True. > > But you also have to actually explain the basics. I mean the stuff > > that most of us reading this take for granted. Just last week I saw a > > friend scrolling down a long web page -- to advance by a screen's > > worth of > > text, he clicked the 'down' scrollbar button repeatedly. I think he > > had no idea that you could hold it down. The same goes for things like > > double-clicking to select whole words, or the fact that copy-paste > > works between applications (examples off the top of my head that I've > > seen users astounded to learn of). I see a need for a fairly large > > chunk of the user guide explaining basic GUI concepts like this -- > > Realistically, I think few people would learn these things from an > on-screen page or manual even if it existed. People would learn them > either from other people (like yourself), or from an interactive > tutorial program like Windows 3 and Mac System 7 used to have. > <http://guidebookgallery.org/tutorials>
So that's what we need then !! I'm sure a comprehensive manual on user interaction could be of use to some however. Hey, I'm sure I could pick up a thing or two from one, I've never sat through an interactive tutorial in my life though ;) Love, Karderio. _______________________________________________ gnome-doc-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-doc-list
