On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 10:31 PM, Marc Paré <m...@marcpare.com> wrote: > Le 2014-01-11 08:05, Christian Lohmaier a écrit : >> >> Hi Pedro, *, >> >> Am 11.01.2014 12:50 schrieb "Pedro" <pedl...@gmail.com >> <mailto:pedl...@gmail.com>>: >> > >> > [abbreviations or the term Online Help] ... >> So let's hear some suggestions. I assume everyone will understand which >> one is meant when they read the term "Offline Help" in isolation. If you >> disagree, please also suggest a different term for that. >> >> Ciao >> Christian >> > > I have been following this discussion and the only worry I have is that the > doc team is not included on it. IMO, Jean should be aware of this discussion > as the acronyms and any potential changes may have an effect on the various > documentation terminology that is being used in our docs. > > It would be nice if any changes were coordinated with all affected groups. > > From my point of view OLH (Online Help), and, from a vernacular point of > view for most users, would mean that once you choose that particular > link/menu item, that you would be sent "online" on the internet for the help > files. The OLH menu link, when viewed in context in any particular software > package, usually means to a user that she/he will be taken to help files for > that particular software available on the internet. > > IMO, if we would want to make it clearer that the help files are NOT online, > then another name/acronym should be created to properly describe the menu > choice. Making as short, descriptive, obvious and as literal as possible, > IMO, should be our primary goal; this will ensure that all competency levels > of users (whether newbies or knowledgeable users) are clear as to the menu > choice they are making. Perhaps just labelling "Help Documents" would be > sufficient enough. The fact that there is no "online" will be obvious enough > that the user is not being sent online for help docs and that the local > files are always accessible to the user.
I've been following this thread, as it relates to a (minor) concern that I've had for some time. (My computer use goes back far enough that to me, "online" means "on the computer" (not "on the Internet) versus in a book; but I'm well aware that the term means something different these days, especially to younger users. So, yes, we need a better one; and yes, the term needs to be the same in the user guides as it is in the program and elsewhere. I haven't done any research to see what might be a common term these days, so I don't immediately have a suggestion. I'll get back to you later today when I've had a chance to consider this a bit more. --Jean _______________________________________________ List Name: Libreoffice-qa mailing list Mail address: Libreoffice-qa@lists.freedesktop.org Change settings: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-qa Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice-qa/
