Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Screenshot highlighting

2012-05-19 Thread Andrew Montag
@Throsten, That looks very nice! > http://www.foopics.com/showfull/16beca358a02ee94ec0e59c9c41be57a -Andrew On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > On 05/18/2012 06:21 PM, Tony Pursell wrote: > >> Numbers are best because we only have a Tex markup for a numbered list >> that

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Screenshot highlighting

2012-05-18 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On 05/18/2012 06:21 PM, Tony Pursell wrote: Numbers are best because we only have a Tex markup for a numbered list that might be used to cross refer to a graphic. I also think that there may be less problems with translation. (Here's the start of the alphabet in Welsh, for instance: A B C CH D

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Screenshot highlighting

2012-05-18 Thread Tony Pursell
On 18 May 2012 15:26, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote: > Op 18-05-12 14:09, Thorsten Wilms schreef: > > On 05/18/2012 12:02 AM, Andrew Montag wrote: >> >>> >>> http://ubuntuone.com/**1mVxryxD97EPVryco0o9p4 >>> Here I would need to point out several things: the

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Screenshot highlighting

2012-05-18 Thread Hannie Dumoleyn
Op 18-05-12 14:09, Thorsten Wilms schreef: On 05/18/2012 12:02 AM, Andrew Montag wrote: http://ubuntuone.com/1mVxryxD97EPVryco0o9p4 Here I would need to point out several things: the *Files* button, the *More* button, and the, *Download file* button. http://ubuntuone.com/1fD5OExwPwLUDAp6i7ddpJ

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Screenshot highlighting

2012-05-18 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On 05/18/2012 12:02 AM, Andrew Montag wrote: http://ubuntuone.com/1mVxryxD97EPVryco0o9p4 Here I would need to point out several things: the *Files* button, the *More* button, and the, *Download file* button. http://ubuntuone.com/1fD5OExwPwLUDAp6i7ddpJ This one could use the *Share folder* butto

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Screenshot highlighting

2012-05-17 Thread John Cave
tu-manual@lists.launchpad.net >Sent: Thursday, 17 May 2012 10:02 PM >Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Screenshot highlighting > > >Hannie and Kevin,  > > >Here are some examples of where highlighting may be useful. > > >http://ubuntuone.com/1mVxryxD97EPVryco0o9p4 >

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Screenshot highlighting

2012-05-17 Thread Patrick Dickey
I would say definitely in cases where there are a lot of different buttons/locations to look at on the screen. Or in cases where the right button/location isn't obvious. Something like in Thunderbird, if you want to point out the Send/Receive button, or a folder. Or in a situation where you could

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Screenshot highlighting

2012-05-17 Thread Andrew Montag
Hannie and Kevin, Here are some examples of where highlighting may be useful. http://ubuntuone.com/1mVxryxD97EPVryco0o9p4 Here I would need to point out several things: the *Files* button, the *More * button, and the, *Download file* button. http://ubuntuone.com/1fD5OExwPwLUDAp6i7ddpJ This one c

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Screenshot highlighting

2012-05-17 Thread herat gandhi
Hello, I think you want something like this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8hwe2c3m1hpy3qk/ubuntu-manual.pdf On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Tony Pursell wrote: > > > On 17 May 2012 08:37, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > >> On 05/16/2012 07:21 PM, Andrew Montag wrote: >> >>> I think it may be useful to hig

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Screenshot highlighting

2012-05-17 Thread Tony Pursell
On 17 May 2012 08:37, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > On 05/16/2012 07:21 PM, Andrew Montag wrote: > >> I think it may be useful to highlight portions of screenshots. We could >> put an orange oval around text or a button, or maybe blur or grey all >> but one section of the screenshot to draw the readers

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Screenshot highlighting

2012-05-17 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On 05/16/2012 07:21 PM, Andrew Montag wrote: I think it may be useful to highlight portions of screenshots. We could put an orange oval around text or a button, or maybe blur or grey all but one section of the screenshot to draw the readers attention to it. One could perhaps differentiate betwe

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Screenshot highlighting

2012-05-17 Thread Hannie Dumoleyn
Op 17-05-12 06:34, Andrew Montag schreef: We may also consider using an arrow to point to things. Perhaps this is something that could be built into Quickshot; have quickshot save one image plain, and then prompt the user for any highlights that can also be saved. -Andrew Yes, this is what I

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Screenshot highlighting

2012-05-16 Thread Hannie Dumoleyn
Hi Andrew, Personally I think this is a good idea. One can also add arrows, balloons etc. to further explain a detail of the image, but only when it is really an improvement, otherwise it will become messy. If the screenshot is in the right resolution I think technically there is nog problem.

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Screenshot highlighting

2012-05-16 Thread Andrew Montag
We may also consider using an arrow to point to things. Perhaps this is something that could be built into Quickshot; have quickshot save one image plain, and then prompt the user for any highlights that can also be saved. -Andrew On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 9:31 PM, John Cave wrote: > If we are

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Screenshot highlighting

2012-05-16 Thread Tom Cantara
Hi, everyone! My name is Tom Cantara. I was part of the very first Ubuntu Manual team, and enjoyed the experience. I've been inactive since then, mainly due to my job, but I still follow the project. Hopefully I will return to a more active role in the future. The idea of screenshot