Benjamin Chuang wrote:

> 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.
>>
> What we probably need, based on the problem you describe above, is a 
> glossary.
>
> I don't think we can take the jargon out of mozilla, the stuff is 
> complicated, and the words have specific meanings that are useful to 
> the community (slang is more problematic).
>
Just discovered:

http://www.mozilla.org/docs/jargon.html

Probably we need to expand this file to include the terms you mentioned.


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