Quickguide and Desktop Guide

[Venkat Raghavan]

On Wednesday 15 March 2006 01:18, Rocco Stanzione wrote:
> On Wednesday 15 March 2006 00:00, Venkat Raghavan wrote:
> > The Quickguide is a pretty good document, which deals with more basic
> > stuff than the Desktop Guide (IMO). However, I have issues with shipping
> > both guides
> >
> > Issues:
> > * Unfortunately there is a lot of overlapping material, especially in the
> > applications section.
> > *  Presenting two sets of documents to the users may confusing (more so
> > with overlapping material)
> >
> > It think it is much better for us to ship one document, and I am
> > proposing that both be integrated. (and yes, i will do the integrating
> > too). Screenshots in the desktop guide might be a good idea for new
> > users.
>
> I completely agree, especially since we have a volunteer to perform the
> integration :)  I've witnessed the process on #ubuntu of a document being
> recognized as at least partially duplicating another document, then
> declared inferior to that document and finally falling into disrepute as
> dangerous to follow.  Both these documents serve a similar purpose, and I
> think everyone would be well served if they were integrated.  It would also
> help avoid the inevitable confusion over which document is more likely to
> contain the information I'm looking for.
>
> Rocco Stanzione
I think the default theme has changed in Kubuntu, and is quite different from 
the one in the screenshots. Does that mean that we have to update all the 
screenshots in the guide?

Regards,
Venkat Raghavan
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