YES! Wonderful point, Aaron...
This list needs a LOT MORE discussion on how to FIND programming information and a lot
less on how to separate basic from advanced
questions.
Just as an example, I still haven't been able to get useful results searching the
knowledge base, searching archived posts by
specific month isn't much help, and whenever people post with references to outside
websites with useful Palm info, all I think is
"how did they know that site existed?"
Aaron Ardiri wrote:
> > "Again, if you see someone repeatedly using the list for basic questions,
> > then fine, slam him."
> >
> > This is ticking me off! Why would you slam someone for asking a question!?
> > Developing for the Palm would be a lot easier if the documentation didn't
> > suck! I have asked several questions on this list without EVER getting an
> > answer and I still haven't figured the problems out. That's what this list
> > is for!
>
> the most appropriate way to do this would be to say something like:
>
> RTFM - doc name, section XXX
>
> then, the person asking the question can go and look it up for
> themselves. there is no need to "slam" someone.. however, the best
> way to educate is not to give everything on a spoon.. learning
> is about being able to find the solutions for yourself too.
>
> some topics to come up, that you dont find a problem for after
> looking - it does happen.. so what? just ask.
>
> // az
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