Re: The Ultimate Help System

[Kevin Breit <battery841 mediaone net>]

Tom,
	That actually seems very good.  It's actually something we should try to 
do...Gnome 2.0?
	A comment though.  I'd like to see more online documentation (ala 
Microsoft's help center) instead of on the system.  This has a few advantages 
and a few disadvantages.
	Advantages: Keeping documentation updated online tends to be very easy to 
update.  I release some new <application>Dia</application> documentation, I 
don't need to wait till the next release to get the latest documentation.  I 
just update it on the web, and its there, ready to go.  This also creates a 
central place for help.  A user knows that they can always go to 
help.gnome.org and get help for all the Gnome applications.
	Disadvantages: Not everyone has an internet connection.  I need help getting 
say...gppp or whatever going.  But the docs are online.  Bad combo.  You also 
have version problems.
	What I'd recommend doing is having a central database that is online and 
each program will come with its own documentation.  Then the database will 
have archives of all the documentation, and will have errata on the docs with 
the fixes applied to the online documentation.  So the user will select what 
version they got, and then it'll display the latest documentation for that 
version.
	Comments?
Kevin