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[Jim Connett <jimandmarcy@xxxxxxxxx>]

I believe the sidebar contents is overused as well.  I'm not sure we have a
solid understanding of when the sidebar should be used. Some use it to
reference other materials/websites; others use it to add more detail to the
paragraph.

If we're writing our paragraphs correctly, all pertinent content should be
in the paragraph only. I would suggest we only use the sidebar to define
terms, much like a textbook does.

On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 1:25 PM, John Cave <john.cave5@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> One thing I have noticed about the manual, being relatively new to the
> team, is that we use technical terms a little too often. For example,
> instead of maybe saying "your settings are fetched from Ubuntu One" we
> might say "please wait while your settings are downloaded from Ubuntu's
> server farms". We definitely have improved, but I really noticed it when
> I started writing my section :)
>
> John C
>
> On Sat, Aug 25, 2012, at 10:32 AM, Patrick Dickey wrote:
> > In reading her review, I have to ask, would it make sense to move some
> > of the things from the Prologue into an Epilogue or at least a later
> > chapter? Specifically the things she called attention to (the Ubuntu
> > Philosophy and History, Contact Details and About the Team)  Maybe keep
> > the History and Philosophy, but see if we can liven them up a bit.
> >
> > Also, I do agree with her about the sidebar text size. I didn't really
> > pay attention to it before, but it is small. I wonder if all of the text
> > could be increased by one size (or at least the body text--not so much
> > the headings).
> >
> > Have a great weekend.:)
> > Patrick.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 2012-08-25 at 02:49 -0500, Kevin Godby wrote:
> > > Hello, everyone.
> > >
> > > Robin Catling (of Full Circle) has written a nice review of our manual:
> > >
> > >   <
> http://catlingmindswipe.blogspot.com/2012/08/review-ubuntu-manual-project-getting.html
> >
> > >
> > > I recommend reading it and thinking about what we can/should do to
> > > improve our manual based on this feedback.
> > >
> > > If anyone has seen other reviews of our (recent) manual, feel free to
> > > post them to this thread. It'd be nice to get an idea of what people
> > > think we do well and how we could improve.
> > >
> > > --Kevin
> > >
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