As usual, I will be a little bit provocative. Why do we need a user manual ? Does a ephone user read a user manual ? If you think that we need one, it is because the GUI interface of SHR is not adapted to the user needs and spontaneous reaction (of course it is not 100% right, but I said I will be provocative!)
This the user side. Now the installer side: When you install a linux distro, do you read the installer manual ? No, everything seems obvious, you just answer simple questions. Why do you think we need a manual ? It's because the actual GUI is not finished, and not user oriented (excepted SHR-setting, and it will be perfect if the "setting profiles" are added). Writing a manual now is a huge work, and will be obsolete every few weeks (due to work done by the devs) .... I think a wiki is the best solution, if new functionality are announced by the devs on the blog (many improvement are not easy to discover by ourselves). It is easy to modify, update, erase things. But I dont want to discourage you if you want to write a manual, I will even participate :).... And why not a manual in video format ? Is it possible to dynamically capture FR screen ? It is for me the most modern and simplest solution. If not possible, maybe a slide show. Petr Vanek a écrit : > RH> This is a project to create a user manual for the SHR distribution > RH> that runs on the Freerunner communication device (and hopefully > RH> other devices soon) > RH> > RH> The idea is to have a comprehensive manual for the SHR distribution > RH> for newcomers/ users / tinkerers. It is expected to cover > RH> installation guide, navigating the user interface, navigating and > RH> using the preloaded applications, setting up networking, using > RH> wi-fi, bluetooth, usb, gps, GPRS, voice state, accelerometers etc, > RH> set up tricks and dbus commands, installing new applications and > RH> repositories, recommended repositories and applications at the > RH> minimum. > > > OK, this is a follow up on the Manual request for SHR. > > My previous reaction was to wait until SHR goes through next major > change wave - opimd integration, libframeworkd-phonegui-efl2, > installer... but perhaps it does make sense to start now already, set > up structure, gather pieces of the puzzle and get the ball rolling. > > I created > > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/SHR_User_Manual for the start. > > The structure will be explained on it's talk: > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Talk:SHR_User_Manual > > Petr > _______________________________________________ > Shr-User mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shr-project.org/mailman/listinfo/shr-user > > > _______________________________________________ Shr-User mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shr-project.org/mailman/listinfo/shr-user
