On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 17:05, Lee Revell wrote: > What is needed is for non-coders who understand the apps to write the > documentation, "power users" in the Windows-speak (I always hated the > term). The developers are glad to help you if you have a question like > "I am writing some docs for $FOO, why does it do $BAR, and what is the > $BAZ menu for?". This is a great way for non-coders to contribute to > open source. > > The problem is there are a lot more people willing to write code for > free than write user documentation for free. Many developers are not > native English speakers, so in many cases it is much harder to write > good English user docs than write code! Developer documentation is much > easier because there is already a common language. > > If you are a user willing to contribute documentation, the developers > will bend over backwards to help you, because good user documentation > equals fewer spurious bug reports and happier users. > > Lee > Amen. Jan
