Dotan Cohen wrote:
Interesting idea. An alternative would be to write to the author and
briefly describe how to accomplish a similar result in OOo.
Then it makes OOo user look like a bunch of super computer geeks who
already know how to do what they need. That leads to:
1) The impression that "normal" people cannot use OOo
2) There is no need for the author to write OOo-specific articles, as
the OOo users already know how to do what they need
Mmm... I disagree. Offering a solution that's mainly point and click in
Ooo.org will illustrate how little one needs to be a geek to use
Ooo.org. It requires very little effort from the writer of the article.
And it prevents the author (who's probably not familiar with Ooo.org)
from finding an over-complicated solution that would make Ooo.org look
complicated.
Offering the author an additional content item on his/her website/blog
about this item in Ooo.org will also increase traffic to their site
(it's called "third party content" and is an enrichment for a site).
Not only will search results on "create TOC ms word" lead them to their
page, but also "create TOC openoffice writer" - thus increasing the
visitors to their site (what many bloggers apparently seem to want)
Obviously the most important part here is to have a clear and simple
solution. If you need to recompile the core, you better not send in that
answer (or ask the question for that matter) ;)
If someone is already earning income from writing they may see such a
message and think to themselves, "Hmm, here's an under served market I can
enter."
If they are answering questions, then they will get readers. If you
show that you already know the answers, then why should he write?
From experience, the best way to get someone interested in a product
is to ask them a question, not give them an answer
... but this makes the assumption that the author will...
(1) download
(2) install
(3) learn
... Ooo.org just to answer a question coming from someone (assuming the
prejudice is there) who (s)he thinks is "probably a geek and knows the
answer already anyway".
After inflation, I dare call this my $0.03
Jurgen.
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