On 2/6/2016 3:22 AM, Paul W. Frields wrote:
On Fri, Feb 05, 2016 at 10:40:54AM -0500, John J. McDonough wrote:
On Fri, 2016-02-05 at 08:55 -0600, David Ashley wrote:
one solution put forward was to figure out how to accept a variety
of
input formats into a process that produces the output we want.
Obviously
some conversion of the input will need to be performed so that a
common
output can be maintained.
I think this is key. But there is something else we seem to be
ignoring; we need a way to produce reasonable hardcopy output.
Much of the time you NEED the documentation you don't have access to a
computer or the Internet. When you look something up a lot of the time
the small chunk is very handy. But when you are in deep doo-doo you
often need to be holding a piece of paper in your hot little hands.
Even when things haven't totally gone south, a lot of processes leave
you without access part of the time, and you either need to scribble
down the next steps or have a good memory.
[...snip...]
I disagree that hardcopy is a priority. Even if your laptop, desktop,
or server has gone south and you can't connect, far more than likely
than not you have another connection in your hand, called your phone
(or tablet). Hardcopy is unnecessary. This isn't to say we shouldn't
support printouts, but they should certainly not be a priority or
blocker. Mobile friendly makes more sense as a requirement.
Stickster mentioned that we should look to existing tools, and I like
that idea, *IF* we can find something that works. Our history is
littered with tools that looked like they mostly did the job but were
eventually discarded because they couldn't really do what we expected.
Precisely why I think it would be good to get content services folks
involved. They already have the same needs and the resources to help
develop requirements. If Fedora Docs surveys and/or develops
something they can't use, chances are not good that we could get
additional contribution there.
"hi
I'll just point out that not *everyone* has a phone or a tablet. I have
neither. Having said that, I agree that fedora should be mobile
friendly, as much as possible. I will caution though that it seems that
most people have grown to assume and take for granted you have either a
phone or a tablet, and can download an app to do the job. I agree we
should be as mobile friendly as possible, but shouldn't assume you have
that option available. Now that I've put my foot in my mouth, does
anyone know if there are any special steps that need to be taken to make
the "mobile" version of fedora's sites accessible, or will they just
work like the standard ones do?
Thanks
Kendell clark"
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