[kde-doc-english] KDE Documentation Survey

[Arturo Silva]

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Cornelius Schumacher wrote:
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> When thinking about how to improve the KDE documentation situation, I realized
> that I don't really know a lot about how people use our documentation and
> what our user's requirements actually are.
>
> What about doing a survey and ask users about their current use of
> documentation and their ideas how it could be improved?
>
> We could ask questions to find out:
> - How do users get help?
> - How frequently do users use the different tools and systems (KHelpcenter,
> what's this help, online manuals, userbase, forums, google, etc.)
> - Do users have Internet connections?
> - Do users need printable manuals?
> - Would users be willing to contribute to documentation?
> - What kind of tools and formats do documentation contributors prefer?
> - How much do users rely on translated manuals?
> - What parts of the manuals are users using?
> - What would users like to see in addition to what we already have?
>
> How do you like this idea?
>

I like the idea as long as such a survey does get a good amount of
exposure (e.g., not limtied to a forum requiring registration).  A few
months back (long before I came here) I remember doing surveys which
allowed me to "vote" for the best Oxygen icons for K3b and KDevelop --
and despite the limited options and lack of comment fields, I actually
thought it was a wonderful idea.  It was easy to use, brief and
informative and relatively painless to participate in.  I'm not sure
if the amount of responses with this was any better, but I wouldn't be
surprised if the turnout was relatively impressive.

However, I only really knew about them because they were advertised in
the major Linux online news sites -- otherwise, I doubt I would've
known about them at all.  I still wonder if perhaps more were made,
but slipped under the radar for me.  :(


--Arturo