Getting out... -> docs

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 12/2/08 6:40 PM, "Beatrix Willius" <bwillius at gmx.de> wrote:

Hi Beatrix,

Well, you know many years that I am not against of critic of Valentina.
Right?

But critic which is helpful and constructive. Questions when they are
questions, but not just a cry "how bad it is", always answered, right?

You have tell us about problems of docs. Well.
I want ask you personally, Beatrix,

    GIVE US at least 10 TOP points which are bad in docs.
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

And we will explain that ASAP.

Phrase -- wiki is MESS is useless.
    describe what troubles you have and why.
    and then only we will be able try to fix that.

In contrast I quite often get from new-comers words:
    I do not have questions, docs are *excellent*.

So as always, how much people, so much opinions around.
 
If you personally have troubles, just describe that in DETAILED form,
    and even better report them into Mantis.



> Ruslan,
> 
> you are a developer, who uses his own product every day. A newcomer
> just wants the new software he/she purchased to work. Valentina is a
> great product. But how many times are there messages from new users
> who have troubles getting started with Valentina? A product without a
> detailed manual is useless. We have told you many times to improve
> the documentation. What has happened? Absolutely nothing. The wiki is
> a mess. The language used is in very cases very terse. As a reader I
> also need to know why something needs to be done and not just "do it".
> 
> I love Valentina as a database, but documentation and ease of use are
> not it's forte.
> 
> And I still need to find out why the obnoxious VStudio doesn't want
> to start on the Leopard machine. This software is a pain to use
> because it crashes so often. And it feels very clumsy.

-- 
Best regards,

Ruslan Zasukhin
VP Engineering and New Technology
Paradigma Software, Inc

Valentina - Joining Worlds of Information
http://www.paradigmasoft.com

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