On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 04:21:54PM -0500, Dimitrie O. Paun wrote: > On November 1, 2002 04:02 pm, Andreas Mohr wrote: > > Excuse me, what is sooooooo terrible about the FOM ??? > > Having to maintain hundreds of different web pages by hand > > (in order to gain the required interdependencies for some complicated > > issues) is a *lot* more difficult than simply adding/removing/reordering > > FOM content as you see fit. > > But this is not the point. I was pretty clear on my problem with the > FAQ-O-Matic: the interface is soooo bad, I wonder if anyone bothers > reading the content! I was also clear on the solution, too. That is, > I suggested something on lines of this FAQ: > http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html > While this is a *HUGE* FAQ, it's all in *one* page. This is important, > as people don't have to click like crazy around to read it. The > formatting is simple, distinctive, and easy on the eyes. It's easy > to navigate (you can just click on the question), or read (just scroll > down the page). It's simply a pleasant experience. And this is not my point either...
My (hidden) point was that the FOM is two *SEPARATE* units, the FAQ and everything else. (as always, nobody seems to grasp this) > Now, from a maintenance point of view: we don't need "hundreds of > different web pages". The problem with the DVD FAQ is that it is We definitely do. Not for the FAQ, but for everything else. IMHO. > way too big. I suggested only for the format. Ours should not have > more than 50 questions. If it does, something is wrong. Very wrong: > -- important issues get lost in the torrent of information > -- few people will bother reading it > -- we actually *scare* people away > -- it's a maintenance nightmare! > > My do we need some special tool to maintain one page of FAQs? Like I said, not necessarily. I originally chose to also migrate the FAQ content to the FOM, since adding/modifying was a lot faster that way. Turned out that adding the FAQs probably wasn't a winner... (mainly to the "not one page" syndrome, which should be the case for the FAQ) -- Andreas Mohr Stauferstr. 6, D-71272 Renningen, Germany Tel. +49 7159 800604 http://mohr.de.tt