Recent Doc Team meeting - Poll idea (Do people really use, computer-based help?)

[arelem3]

I will be honest as a kubuntu desktop user, I will be honest I never turned
to the in built help as it usually pointed to online help anyway. I just
skip wasting time wiht the in built help and go directly and google what I
am having a problem with.

> Just a note that google is not nearly as useful for less experienced
> users as good Help can be.  They do not have the experience to filter
> the google results to find the useful stuff.
>
> Colin

I use the man pages a lot.
While Google can be of generic help for basic computer users, for me 
it's a massive problem sooo locked down that it is virtually impossible 
to get wide ranging, differing results.
If I search some issue like a code problem or a particular set of images 
for example a number of times and none of the results are of use then 
any time I try to research the subject matter again google throws up 
those same useless pages over and over. It's for me inescapable. 
filtering seems to filter on previous search results.
I and my daughters who research quite a lot will never use google becaue 
of it's jailhouse results, personally  prefer duck duck go or ixquick or 
some other lesser search engine.

To respond to the above, Most of what I seek help on reverts back to the 
web anyway.
Roger