2009/10/26 Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher at kde.org>: > When thinking about how to improve the KDE documentation situation, I realized > that I don't really know a lot about how people use our documentation and > what our user's requirements actually are. > > What about doing a survey and ask users about their current use of > documentation and their ideas how it could be improved? > > We could ask questions to find out: > - How do users get help? > - How frequently do users use the different tools and systems (KHelpcenter, > what's this help, online manuals, userbase, forums, google, etc.) > - Do users have Internet connections? > - Do users need printable manuals? > - Would users be willing to contribute to documentation? > - What kind of tools and formats do documentation contributors prefer? > - How much do users rely on translated manuals? > - What parts of the manuals are users using? > - What would users like to see in addition to what we already have? > > How do you like this idea? >
Note we have a poll on the forums asking about khc, see http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=82794 The number of votes is not yet impressive, but i wanted to just add that to this topic. Regards, -- Ingo Malchow KDE Community Forums Administrator
