Re: 1.4 updates

[Michael McElree - Sun Ireland - Tech Writer <Michael McElree ireland sun com>]

Hi All,

One suggestion I would like to see 
implemented involves a (minor) change to the Authors section 
of 
online help. 

It is very important for Sun (and for other companies 
distributing GNOME in the future) that users are given a link 
to a 
page listing the appropriate support channel. Thus, GNOME on 
Solaris users who need further support or information  on any 
of 
the core software would be given a link to a Sun-specific 
contact 
information page. In this way, each distribution of GNOME 
would 
direct users to the appropriate channel to obtain further 
support. Each distributor of GNOME would only have to insert 
the 
relevant information on one page, rather than trying to change 
the help for every piece of software. 

To take the example of the Mini-Commander applet - the Authors 
section would read:

Mini-Commander was written by Oliver Maruhn 
(<oliver maruhn com>). Please send all comments and 
suggestions 
via the following channels <link to relevant support details 
page>.

This manual was written by Oliver Maruhn (<oliver maruhn com>) 
Minor modifications and updates were made by Dan Mueth 
(<d-mueth chicago edu>). Please send all comments and 
suggestions 
via the following channels <link to relevant support details 
page>.

The default link would be to a page containing the text in the 
current form. Sun (and other distributors) would replace this 
page with one listing their own support contact details.

Regards
Michael