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

[Colin Law]

On 11 May 2014 01:54, arelem3 <arelem3 at bigpond.com> wrote:
>
> 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.

Man pages are certainly not very friendly for inexperienced users.

Colin