Re: Confusion of Applet and Capplet :)

[Glynn Foster <glynn foster sun com>]

Christian Rose wrote:
> 
> Glynn Foster wrote:
> > > And this is the problem. There often *is no* proper documentation, and
> > > when you look at translated documentation, it's usually even worse.
> > > There is none. Should there be some, then it's always outdated. Of
> > > course this is sad, but I think it's safe to say that it won't change
> > > any time soon. So relying on documentation, especially translated
> > > documentation, is really bad.
> >
> > Don't say that...we want to set a precidence with 2.0 documentation wise..
> > Set a standard for documentation to be reached :)
> 
> Maybe for the English documents, but I doubt that much will change when
> it comes to translation of documentation. There are no good tools for
> sgml translation, and there is a real shortage on manpower for doing the
> doc translations. In the Swedish team we have close to 100% translated
> Gnome applications, but there is noone doing documentation translation,
> and I know this situation is not unique.
> So relying on users being able to use the docs will probably still be a
> bad idea for the forseeable future.

Well I know for a fact that Sun are translating all docs [and 100% 
translation] for at least 10 languages....it maybe a couple more or a couple
less....so I think the amount of translated documentation will get better as
time passes, and there is seen a need for it.
As far as relying on the users, that's a completely fair point. I guess it 
depends on the level of the users ie. if they are patient enough to look
through the docs if they can't figure out what to do...

			See ya,
				Glynn ;)