Hi Benjamin,
This project is still worrying me, because I think you're making the
same mistakes that lots of people have made in the past.
* I worry that the project is not defined very well. It covers so
many different topics, and I can't find any thorough definitions
of who you are writing for. My guess, based on the level of
writing, is that it's written for moderately advanced Windows
users, people who know what the registry is etc. These people
tend to be interested in computers already, so have additional
knowledge. The average Windows user will NOT understand a lot of
what has been written so far. See this link [1].
* There is an immense amount of duplication with other
documentation. The manual covers almost exactly the same topics
as the system docs, circa two years ago. Click System -> Help
and Support to see what I mean. If we ship the manual with the
Ubuntu CD, then we'll have two different document sets
discussing exactly the same things. This will confuse users.
* I worry that lots of contributors will lose interest after the
first release, that you'll have a very large, complex project to
maintain, and that you won't have enough people to do the work.
Maintaining documentation is a thankless task.
I wish you all the best, but I'm anticipating problems.
Thanks,
Phil
[1] - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4MwTvtyrUQ
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