Re: docs Digest, Vol 98, Issue 3
by savan koradia
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> 1. Open Help Conference (Shaun McCance)
> 2. Screenshots in User Guide (Romain Forlot)
> 3. Re: Screenshots in User Guide (Ben Cotton)
> 4. Re: Screenshots in User Guide (Craig Edgmon)
> 5. Re: Screenshots in User Guide (Craig Edgmon)
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> Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:50:14 -0400
> From: Shaun McCance <shaunm(a)gnome.org>
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> Hi folks,
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> I'm hosting the Open Help Conference & Sprints again this year,
> August 11-15. I know a lot of Fedora people were interested last
> year, but nobody was able to make it. I hope to see some friendly
> Fedora faces this year.
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> http://openhelpconference.com/
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> The main conference is August 11-12. This is followed by multiple
> team sprints August 13-15. I'd love to see a Fedora sprint, and
> perhaps have a Fedora/GNOME meetup to see how we can better help
> each other.
>
> The presentation proposal period is now open, so if you'd like to
> share something cool with the world, let me know. Also, this year
> I'm having a tools showcase, a set of lightning talks where we all
> show off the tools we make and use.
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> If you have any questions, just email.
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> Thanks,
> Shaun
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> Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 23:27:05 +0200
> From: Romain Forlot <rforlot(a)yahoo.com>
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> Hi,
>
> I just wrote about Custumizing Desktop for User Guide and I see that
> the Gnome part use screenshots but to write kde part I didn't take
> screenshots.I think, it imbalance the page contents.
> So it is all right like that ? Do I need to take screenshots or remove
> existing ? I hesitate.
>
> Regards.
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> Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 17:55:54 -0400
> From: Ben Cotton <bcotton(a)fedoraproject.org>
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> Generally, it's best to omit screenshots unless they contribute
> significantly to understanding. Images aren't easily translated, so
> for documents in !en-US either the image doesn't have the correct
> language or the translator has to produce a new image.
>
> If the content can be expressed clearly in text only, I'd suggest
> removing or at least reducing the Gnome images. Anyone else have
> thoughts on this?
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> Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:58:16 -0600 (MDT)
> From: Craig Edgmon <cedgmon(a)shaw.ca>
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> I agree. In addition screen captures have a tendency to go out of date too
> fast.
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>
> Thank you,
>
> Craig Edgmon
> Application Specialist
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> On 2012-04-05, at 14:56, Ben Cotton <bcotton(a)fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>
> > Generally, it's best to omit screenshots unless they contribute
> > significantly to understanding. Images aren't easily translated, so
> > for documents in !en-US either the image doesn't have the correct
> > language or the translator has to produce a new image.
> >
> > If the content can be expressed clearly in text only, I'd suggest
> > removing or at least reducing the Gnome images. Anyone else have
> > thoughts on this?
> >
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> Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:01:21 -0600 (MDT)
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> Sorry one more comment. Unless they are professionally edit, it may cause
> the experience to be cheapened and increase the size of any document. It is
> easier to search and replace than rip and replace.
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Craig Edgmon
> Application Specialist
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> On 2012-04-05, at 14:56, Ben Cotton <bcotton(a)fedoraproject.org> wrote:
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> > Generally, it's best to omit screenshots unless they contribute
> > significantly to understanding. Images aren't easily translated, so
> > for documents in !en-US either the image doesn't have the correct
> > language or the translator has to produce a new image.
> >
> > If the content can be expressed clearly in text only, I'd suggest
> > removing or at least reducing the Gnome images. Anyone else have
> > thoughts on this?
> >
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Screenshots in User Guide
by Compte Yahoo
Hi,
I just wrote about Custumizing Desktop for User Guide and I see that
the Gnome part use screenshots but to write kde part I didn't take
screenshots.I think, it imbalance the page contents.
So it is all right like that ? Do I need to take screenshots or remove
existing ? I hesitate.
Regards.
--
*Romain Forlot*
pub 4096R/862907E5 2011-05-26
Key fingerprint = 4549 A7CA 17DC D0AA 0FE0 7953 E6A8 A0C8 8629 07E5
uid Romain Forlot <rforlot(a)yahoo.com>
sub 4096R/153E34C2 2011-05-26
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Docs meeting summary - 2 April 2012
by Ben Cotton
Meeting summary
---------------
* Roll Call (bcotton, 14:02:27)
* Follow up on last week's action items (bcotton, 14:06:16)
* Proofreading for RN welcome if done quickly (bcotton, 14:08:32)
* Release Notes (bcotton, 14:11:30)
* Schedule (bcotton, 14:16:32)
* Beta release date has slipped a week (to 10 April). (bcotton,
14:16:57)
* final release is now pushed to 15 May (bcotton, 14:17:46)
* Guide Status (bcotton, 14:18:56)
* Outstanding BZ Tickets (bcotton, 14:31:16)
* LINK: http://tinyurl.com/lbrq84 (bcotton, 14:31:27)
* Open floor discussion (bcotton, 14:32:45)
Meeting ended at 14:34:35 UTC.
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