For the newbies (book question)

[Erik Price]

On Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at 06:24  PM, Derek Martin wrote:

> Another point I'll make is that it seems to me that the typical new
> home user doesn't really want either of these...  What they want is a
> pamphlet that tells them everything they need to know in order to
> browse, use e-mail, write documents and install new software; and all
> in 5 pages or less.

Agreed.  Especially since once you can browse and use email, you can 
use the web and email to locate help (forums, online HOW-TOs, and 
mailing lists), and if you know how to install new software, you should 
be able to go forth from there.

But I don't think it's just the typical home user.  I think everyone 
would love this.  Martin Fowler himself wrote so in his short-n-sweet 
"UML Distilled".


Erik





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