At 9:51 AM -0800 2/10/06, Bill Janssen wrote: >The problem is that there are many kinds of "new users". >
This is true. The trick, in my view, is to make sure to define terms when they are first used. That way, the actual beginners have a chance of following along and the more experienced "new users" will skim over that sentence or two and get to the meat of what they are trying to find out. I don't see any other useful way to serve everyone on a single getting started page without either setting the bar too high for true newbies or frustrating the more experienced folks. Links to pages for more detailed explanations can prevent the basic definitions from taking up too much room. But a simple sentence or two of introduction to each topic with novices in mind will go a long way toward eliminating assumptions of what people know. -Rodney _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
