Re: [Paparazzi-devel] Improving documentation

[Adam Spence]

Hey Poine,

It's
 just my 2 cents worth but I think the documentation is perfectly 
adequate. I think what people struggle most with is reading all of it to
 get an understanding of everything. I think we live in a world where 
people don't expect to have to read the user manual anymore and can use 
software as it is but expecting it to be intuitive.

I think the XML configuration files are excellent but I wonder if it
 would be better to put together a flexible interface for the XML config
 files. I appreciate the challenges there are but this could make 
Paparazzi more accessible to many people.

I also think the other biggest issue is with Linux. The 
pre-installed ubuntu images are excellent but it still requires the user
 to be able to format or re-partition a computer. They also have to go 
through a number of what may appear obstacles before it works. 

I love linux and am a great fan but I think for average joe who is 
used to Windows it's a big step. I've recently moved across to using 
Virtual Box as my work laptop is up to the task and have to say that 
everything is working out well. I wonder if it would be appropriate to 
maintain a virtual hard drive for virtual box.

With regards to that I wonder if another improvement would be 
convenience icons which perform things like SVN updates etc. I know all 
of the hard core linux gurus out there will be disgusted by the thought 
(just be happy I didn't say port to Windows!) but we have to be 
practical if we want to make the system more accessible.

Like I say, just my 2 cents worth! 

Cheers,

Adam

On 19 July 2010 10:39, antoine drouin <address@hidden> wrote:

Hello Wolrd

Eric and I had a long discussion about the Ultimate Question of Life,
The Universe, and Everything, and also about what would be needed to
improve Paparazzi.
Of course we quite quickly stumbled on usability issues and from that
to documentation issues.
Eric is willing to experiment with different ideas for the
documentation and for that he figured that writing a pilot on a
particular topic would be a good starting point to gather unstilted
criticisms.
Now the question arises of what particular topic should he pick ?
We're eager for your suggestions.

Regards

Poine

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