Re: need proofreading/editing?

[Pat Costello <Patrick Costello Sun COM>]

> On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 02:54:51PM -0400, Alexander Kirillov wrote:
> > Do any of you have documents that could benefit from
> > proofreading/editing?
> > 
> > Steph Donovan <sdonovan achilles net> was kind enough to proofread
> > "Introduction to GNOME" and caught quite a few mistakes (I am too
> > embarrassed to tell you the exact number) and suggested many
> > improvements. He says he could do more. Anyone interested?
> 
> Hmm ... so admitting this is going to make me look like a bad, selfish
> person, but here goes: While I have been working on some
> scrollkeeper/yelp problems lately I have been loading up various help
> pages. Every now and again, I see an obvious typo or factual inaccuracy.
> 
> I have not yet had time and inclination to go back and run through them
> all and file bug reports. If somebody is inclined to do proof-reading
> for us, it is probably not a bad idea to run through the help files for
> each application and give them a once over.
> 
> Malcolm
>
Well, as far as material submitted by the Sun documentation team is concerned, I 
do quality reviews. That includes around 30 applet and application manuals, and 
the User Guide. If anyone spots typos in any of that material then I really do 
want to know what they are, because I like to know what I have missed. As for 
factual inaccuracy, ah yes, that is a different bag of worms. Given the 
fast-forward Darwinian-style development of most of the applications and the UI, 
the documentation is forever doomed to chase the goalposts, like some latter-day 
Flying Dutchman. Talk about mixed metaphors...

Pat