[FM Discuss] Thunderbird manual feedback

Mark mark.brennan at gmx.com
Mon Oct 11 10:18:42 PDT 2010


Hello All -

With the Thunderbird user manual book sprint coming up soon, I want to 
bring the group up to date with progress that we have made on it and 
with what still needs to be done. I would also like to ask the list 
members for feedback on what we have written so far.

For the initial version of the manual, we focused on how to install 
Thunderbird and how to use it for basic e-mail tasks. We wrote chapters 
on installation, account setup, fetching e-mail, composing messages, and 
sending messages. In this way we are creating a manual that helps people 
use Thunderbird for their daily e-mail tasks. Later on, we can enhance 
it by adding chapters for more advanced topics like RSS feeds, add-ons, 
and the Lightning calendar.

Here is the list of chapters with draft versions and the ones that are 
on the to-do list.

Basic features - chapter drafts complete and in need of review
Installation
-- Windows
-- Mac OS X
-- Ubuntu Install
Switch to Thunderbird
-- Account Set Up
-- Migrate To Thunderbird
Basic Usage
-- Get Mail
-- Compose Messages
-- Read and Organize Mail
Address Book
-- Address Book

Basic features - chapters not started
-- Security
-- Uninstalling
-- Help and Support

Advanced features - chapters not started
-- RSS
-- Add-Ons
-- Lightning
-- Keyboard shortcuts
-- Tagging and marking
-- Filters

Thanks,

Mark Brennan



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