On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:54:00 -0500, Leonidas Jones wrote: > Philip Chee wrote: >> On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:54:43 -0500, Leonidas Jones wrote: >> >>> But then, how would a novice user even know that about:config even >>> exists, if not for the advice of a knowledgeable user, or reading a >>> detailed Knowledge Base article? >>> >>> Seems to me its not exactly the kind of thing one just stumbles upin >>> accidentally. >> >> You've never heard of google? >> >> Phil >> > > Certainly, but I would expect that would lead them to an article > explaining its use.
Experience from the Firefox support people suggests that naif users are more likely going to find a link to a badly written article that says "do this to get that" without explaining the wherefores, mostly because the author of that blog or forum post just copied that information from somewhere else without understanding it either. Phil -- Philip Chee <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ http://xsidebar.mozdev.org Guard us from the she-wolf and the wolf, and guard us from the thief, oh Night, and so be good for us to pass. [ ]Mary had a little lamb. The doctor was surprised. * TagZilla 0.066.6 _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
