Hi Hannie. On 19 September 2013 07:52, Hannie Dumoleyn <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi David, > Good question! Whether a word should be explained in the glossary or not > is a choice of the author or editor. Personally I think switch is rather > technical and does not need to be explained in a beginners' guide (just my > 2 cents). > Hannie > I do understand your point when you say that a switch is a rather technical piece of equipment, and I'm aware that most users are familiar with the term router and not with the term switch, but I was trying to point out is that it doesn't seem to make much sense that since they're used in the same sentence demonstrating how a wired connection can be obtained, one has a call to it's description (and it's the one most users already know its purpose) and the other does not. I need to correct my description of a switch in my previous mail as it wasn't grammatically correct. *A switch is a computer networking device that **receives** data from any device connected to it and then transmits that data only to the device for which it was meant.* Regards, David > Op 18-09-13 17:05, David Manuel Pires schreef: > > Hi, Jim and team > > I'm currently in the process of reviewing the "getting online" section > and noticed that at its very beginning (in the second paragraph) it is used > a *\gls* tag associated with the term router, meaning that if someone > needs to read an explanation of what a router is, when clicking the word is > directly pointed to it's definition in the glossary, but there's no \gls > tag associated with the term switch. Is there any specific explanation for > this or is this just something that was forgotten? > > A definition of what a switch is should, IMHO, also be included in the > Glossary section and its respective tag included throughout the manual. > A possible definition could be something like: > *A switch is a computer networking device that that data from any device > connected to it and then transmits that data only to the device for which > it was meant.* > * > * > What do you think? > > Regards, > David Pires > > > On 16 September 2013 00:47, Jim Connett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey David and Carsten, >> >> The "getting online" section in the 13.10 Ubuntu manual is ready for >> review. >> >> Two notes: >> *GETTING ONLINE* >> [[ isues ]] >> Two screenshots in the margins next to "Establishing a wired >> connection" (figures 3.2, and 3.3) that need to be moved to the body of the >> text. Carsten, please make a note of this. >> >> I could not fully test the wireless section as I've Ubuntu installed in >> a VM that connects through a wire. Please test the latter portions of this >> section where it describes how to connect to a hidden wireless network as >> well as how to change wireless settings. >> >> Thanks >> --Jim >> >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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