On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:45:14PM +0100, Thomas Dinges wrote: > > But: What If you would be a documenter for Max or Maya? You could only > start documenting when the final product is already out, here you can > start much earlier and adapt it on the way, so you can get a book out > asap after the final release. Or am I wrong?
Wrong. Two things happen differently in the corporate world. The first is that release cycles are much longer - typically yearly rather than quarterly. The second is that the tech writers work with and in parallel to the developers so the entire package is ready for release at one time. One consequence of this style of development is that the appearance of interfaces like UI elements is defined and nailed down early. Modifying them later in the process is very hard due to the way changes cascade throughout the system. -- Stephen Swaney sswa...@centurytel.net _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
