tabs for the new help site

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

On May 24, 2006, at 10:17 AM, Stoffers, Robert LAC wrote:
> ...
> I agree with Corey here (wow twice in 24 hours!), I never refer to
> Ubuntu by version number personally and neither does the majority of
> Ubuntu user community. Most technology web sites refer to the codename
> when reviewing Ubuntu and the codename is easier to remember too
> ...

That may be true now, but it will gradually become false over the next 
few years, as the history of releases expands and the ordered 
collection becomes harder to remember. For example, in 2009 if someone 
new to Ubuntu is reading a wiki page that "Applies to: Ubuntu Edgy to 
Quirky, inclusive", it will not be obvious whether that includes Ubuntu 
Jiggy. But if someone is reading a document that applies to "Ubuntu 
6.10 to 8.04, inclusive", it will be obvious that that includes Ubuntu 
7.10.

> (which is why we have DNS instead of remembering IP addresses for 
> example). I fear that people will perceive our documentation as overly 
> technical on face value when faced with a choice of version number 
> rather then codenames and seek other forms of information instead.
> ...

I think you should be careful in estimating how much {the kind of 
people who look for help on the Web} and {the kind of people who think 
a codename is less technical than a version number} overlap.

-- 
Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/