RE: VNC review from TECHTV

2001-05-03 Thread John McStevens
Hello again, maybe that misconception should be changed. how many times has there been a person who ask a questioned that has been asked countless times before only to be referred to the documentation? by doing this, we assume that the end-user asking the question is knowledgeable on vnc's inte

RE: VNC review from TECHTV

2001-05-03 Thread Aideen McConville
Re: Contributing to documentation We've been thinking about setting up a Wiki for both VNC and OmniORB (see http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki). I'll try to do this sooner rather than later! Aideen - To unsubscribe, send a message with

RE: VNC review from TECHTV

2001-05-03 Thread Michael Dunkin
se Sent: 03 May 2001 08:47 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: VNC review from TECHTV Hey, If my old pointy haired manager could work out how to use VNC, it can't be that hard! -Original Message- From: Schonborg, Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 May 2001 22:56

RE: VNC review from TECHTV

2001-05-03 Thread Nigel Morse
Hey, If my old pointy haired manager could work out how to use VNC, it can't be that hard! -Original Message- From: Schonborg, Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 May 2001 22:56 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: VNC review from TECHTV I have not trouble w

RE: VNC review from TECHTV

2001-05-02 Thread Michael Erdely
rk on some docs for using VNC with Win9x and WinNT for JoeUser (ie - my wife or my in-laws). -ME -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Harmen van der Wal Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 9:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: VNC review f

Re: VNC review from TECHTV

2001-05-02 Thread Harmen van der Wal
Jonathan Morton wrote: > > ><...> > > If there is sufficient > >interest I would be willing to create a "VNC for Dummies and Windows > >Weenies" document. Please let me know if this would be worth while. If I > >don't hear from the group, I won't spend the time re-writing documents for > >the les

RE: VNC review from TECHTV

2001-05-02 Thread Seth Kneller
Jonathan Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >I think that would be a good idea. However, how do we bring it to their >(the weenies') attention? I think that to have any hope of them reading these new (weenie) docs, they have to be placed on the AT&T site, since this is where they are most likely

RE: VNC review from TECHTV

2001-05-02 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I have not trouble with the current documentation. Frankly I would rather >see too much information and technical jargon than not enough. I guess I >should be flattered. According to the article I must be a computer guru. I >fancy myself pretty good at dosumenting things. If there is sufficient >

RE: VNC review from TECHTV

2001-05-02 Thread Schonborg, Thomas
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: VNC review from TECHTV Had the reviewer (and I) had to pay $99.95 for VNC, then I would agree that the documentation should be more end-user oriented and also would expect that it would come on a CD in a colorful, oversized, shrink wrapped box.. However, we did not

Re: VNC review from TECHTV

2001-05-02 Thread Angus Macleod
the VNC developers that VNC is targeted at computer novices, I see no problem with the current technical documentation. Angus. - Original Message - From: "Michael Erdely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 2:13 PM Subject: RE:

RE: VNC review from TECHTV

2001-05-02 Thread Michael Erdely
IMO, this article misses that point that many people on this list have missed in the past: The developers of VNC did not intend to make a "product" to compete with pcAnywhere and the like. They had an internal need, thought it might be useful to others and offered it for free. If people are look