Using Screenshots

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

On Jul 30, 2007, at 6:48 PM, Matthew East wrote:
> ...
> * Phil Bull:
> ...
>> While I agree that screenshots should be used sparingly because of the
>> maintainability issue, I think it might be necessary to introduce a
>> couple this release cycle. Especially, I can see people having 
>> problems finding the Network Manager icon...
>
> Fine by me. The only other concern (as Luzius mentioned) is to ensure
> that the screenshot doesn't confuse the user between the screenshot and
> the application itself, so keep them small and limit them to a
> particular part of the window if possible.
> ...

I've just written up some guidelines on using screenshots in help 
pages. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuHelp/UsingScreenshots>

Cheers
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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/