Jayesh Sheth wrote: > Greetings, > > I was wondering what system Mozilla.org uses to write and maintain > documentation. In what ways can people help out with documentation? > Where is help needed most (with regards to documentation)? > > Since most of the pages at Mozilla.org are aimed at technology > professionals ( or people who already are familiar with Mozilla), I > feel there is a need for another website, which could provide a > gentler introduction to Mozilla without having to use words such as > "binaries", "horked", "xpcom", or "branch-build." > > I am thinking about creating a Tips and Tricks page for Mozilla, > which will be aimed at the average computer/Internet user, and not > necessarily at people who are already very familiar with Mozilla. What > kind of tips and tricks would be most useful to people on such a site. > > Any thoughts or comments? > > Regards, > > - Jayesh >
Hi Jayesh, as you have noticed, there is currently no real structure or tools for documentation. This is a known problem and we are trying to find solutions but it's not easy. Currently we are focusing on the new website (moz.zope.org) which will hopefully lower the entry barrier to writing documentation (no longer need the cvs beast). We also have contacts with people interested in acting as documentation manager for the mozilla project, so hopefully that will make it better. It has also been proposed in this newsgroup to use wikiweb, but I don't think that has been investigated yet. Basically if you want things to advance, you have to take initiatives, otherwise nothing will be done at this point. If you want I can point you at the technical documentation we could need. Not sure about the end-user documentation though. -Fabian.
