Using Screenshots

[Matthew East]

Hi,

* Phil Bull:
> Hi Jordan,
> 
> On Sun, 2007-07-29 at 13:26 -0700, Jordan Mantha wrote:
>> I don't think we do, I think mostly because we haven't really
>> encouraged their use. Even though  "a picture is worth a thousand
>> words" sometimes it's more like "a picture is worth a thousand
>> headaches" :-)  The two big problems with screenshots are translation
>> and having to make sure that the UI has been frozen before the
>> screenshots are finalized. According to GutsyReleaseSchedule the
>> String Freeze is *before* the Final Artwork Deadline and Beta Release
>> so our screenshots could easily need to be redone after the String
>> Freeze.
> 
> Ah, that's more of a pain than I thought.
> 
>> To me the key is to be careful with screenshots. Balance the added
>> clarity to the documentation (which can be significant) with the
>> "cost" it's going to take to maintain the screenshot.
> 
> While I agree that screenshots should be used sparingly because of the
> maintainability issue, I think it might be necessary to introduce a
> couple this release cycle. Especially, I can see people having problems
> finding the Network Manager icon...

Fine by me. The only other concern (as Luzius mentioned) is to ensure
that the screenshot doesn't confuse the user between the screenshot and
the application itself, so keep them small and limit them to a
particular part of the window if possible.

Matt
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