[FM Discuss] Thunderbird manual feedback

[James Simmons]

Mark,

One gripe I have with your manual is that it doesn't explain enough.
For instance, at work I use Thunderbird as an alternative to the Lotus
Notes email client.  (If you've ever used Notes you'd know why).  To
set that up I needed to know about IMAP, LDAP, SMTP servers, and how
to figure out what the values are for each.  Your manual doesn't go
into that.  It just walks through screen shots telling me stuff most
people could figure out on their own.

James Simmons


On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Mark <mark.brennan at gmx.com> wrote:
> 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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