Re: Feed Back on Documentation

[Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>]

On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 11:31 -0400, Cherian Mathew wrote:
> Sir,
> 
> I am entirely new to Ubuntu. I have been using Windows for 5 years and
> last week I switched to Ubuntu. Since I'm new I'm not able to use
> Ubuntu to my satisfaction. I not able to locate any thing. So I
> thought to use the help file. In the help topic I chose how to change
> my image in the login screen.
> 
> so I came across this topic "Login Photo Preferences" and the
> documentation had the  following...
> 
> The Login Photo preference tool enables you to change the picture that
> is displayed in your login screen. 
> 
> From the Login Photo preference tool, select an image to display in
> your login screen. Type the path for the folder from where you want to
> select your image. Alternatively, click Browse to display a dialog
> from which you can select an image to display as your photograph and
> click OK. 
> 
> I felt like this documentation is insufficient since I don't know
> where "Login Photo preference tool" is located. Because the
> documentation asks me to go to Login Photo preference tool but I don't
> know where this is located. So the documentation was not helpful for
> me.
> 
> Hope you will take this in consideration next time you create a
> documentation.

Hi Cherian,

Thank you for your feedback.  Sadly, much of our documentation
suffers from this type of problem: telling you the obvious, but
not telling you what you really need to know.  We're working to
change this, but we have so few writers and so much to write.

Feedback like this helps us know where our documentation is
failing real users.  So thanks again.

P.S. Try using the About Me preference tool, which can be
found under System->Preferences (which may have submenus,
depending on what version you're running).  There should be
either an image or an empty button next to your name.  Click
this to browse for a new login photo.

--
Shaun