[rt-docs] FW: Hi to all

[Jesse Vincent]

> OK, Jesse, here are a couple of additional threshold questions: 
> 
> - I get the feel that you think of our end product as an online
> hyperlinked thing, rather than one or more printable linear documents.
> Right? I could go either way, myself. My preference is discrete,
> printable and viewable documents. I didn't buy a Kindle, either. 

Actually, I'm hoping to see something that can obsolete the admin and
user guide parts of RT Essentials. Hyperlinks are good, but I'd rather
something that can be read sequentially if the user wants to.

> 
> - I get the feeling that you think that the medium for our end product
> is a browser. Right? Alternatives might be Word or Open Office
> formatting. 

So, I find that HTML is a nice lowest-common-denominator output format. It _can_ be
nicely formatted and printed or turned into a PDF and it _can_ be viewed
online.  But mostly, if there's good content, the reformatting is a
pretty minor thing.

-jesse

> How do you and Kenn answer these? 
> 
> 	Warmly,
> 	Roger
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:rt-docs-bounces at lists.bestpractical.com] On Behalf Of Jesse
> Vincent
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 9:56 AM
> To: Kenneth Crocker
> Cc: rt-docs at lists.bestpractical.com
> Subject: Re: [rt-docs] Hi to all
> 
> Kenneth Crocker wrote:
> > Jesse,
> > 
> > 
> >     I have no idea what a subversion client is or how that would
> affect
> > my ability to access it on the web. I usually just put in a web
> address
> > and hit enter and I'm there, unless there is a problem with the site.
> 
> So, the point of the project is collaborative documentation. Subversion
> is a version control system. It allows multiple people to work on a set
> of files over time and tracks all changes to them, who changed them and
> so on. If folks are going to be putting together a manual-like thing,
> we're probably going to need something a bit more robust than a wiki.
> 
> -j
> 
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