EmbeddedHelp

Revision 2 as of 2005-10-31 18:35:58

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Summary

The most effective help is individual instructions and examples, one or two sentences each, integrated directly into the interface it is providing help on. Upstreams whose software is included in Ubuntu, especially the less common ones, should

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== Imhttps://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/embedded-help

Summary

The most effective help is individual instructions and examples, one or two sentences each, integrated directly into the interface it is providing help on. Upstreams whose software is included in Ubuntu should be encouraged to include such help in their interfaces.

Rationale

Implementation

This approach is distributed across dozens of upstream projects, it should be implemented as a section in the Gnome HIG, then evangelized to individual projects.plementation ==

Code

Data preservation and migration

Outstanding issues

BoF agenda and discussion