zwike seems a step backwards IMHO

[sparkes]

kevin at teamindecisive.com wrote:
> I would agree. We are still transitioning, but it isn't easy to navigate.

This will improve.  It's school holidays over here at the moment so I 
have a 6 year old running around if I can get my mom and dad to baby sit 
tomorrow I plan on looking at the information architecture.  I will 
prepare a rfc so we can brainstorm on my plans before taking them 
upstairs to make sure everything is possible.  I have already said I 
will help the zwiki team add things like internationalisation if needed 
to make the ia better.


> The yellow color + whatever color the text is is hard to read. Compare to
> the old wiki with standard white background and black and orange text,
> very easy to read. It seems to have taken a giant step backwards in
> useability (learning curve) for both contributors and users.

unfortunatly the old wiki didn't match the colours and general ploneness 
;-) of the rest of ubuntu.  I can't remember who is in charge of the 
usability (I was told but have a memory like a sieve) but if you 
document potential problems and depatch them to the correct person they 
will be acted upon.

> 
> And with this message from Lulu, it begs the question why even have the
> wiki? If everything is going to moved from the wiki to the website, why
> have the wiki? What's the point of the wiki? See below...

The wiki is only a tool it's not documentation ;-)  I think we need to 
start thinking more about the whole documentation package.

I know a couple of the doc guys are down to learn packaging (and I wish 
I had the time to learn how to do this as well) so some docs will go 
with the actual system, some will be on the web (such as how-to's and 
faqs), some will evolve quickly (and would be better started on the 
wiki) and some will remain almost static (apart from bug fixes 
(s/bug/spelling ;-) ) for months (such as warty docs after hoary 
releases) and some will be prepared for printing.

So if we stop thinking of the wiki as the documentation and start 
thinking of it as a tool to involve users in the documentation process 
it all starts to slot into place.

I know what it's like to start to fall in love with a tool (hell who 
couldn't love python, vi, or even linux ;-) ) but it's like a mechanic 
having a favourite spanner, sometimes it just doesn't fit ;-)

> 
> --Kevin
> 



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