Please, could you give your opinion on these documentation styles?

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
There is not much text on either page.

Of course the one with the image on is much more attractive but i'm not
sure that particular image really describes what the page is about.  It's
not a million miles off though so i think keep that one until someone has a
better idea.  The other images and icons on that page are "spot on".  The
images made me feel like i kinda understood what was going on even before
actually reading the page.

With the other page i almost gave up without bothering to try to read.  The
only reasons i read it was;
1.  It was very short and
2.  i felt honour-bound to do my duty for once and make an effort

Often people will arrive at such pages with much more motivation to really
read so they might overcome my initial dislike of the one without images.

So, the question is what is the objective of the page?  Who is going to
read it?  Is it a back-page that few people will look at or is it something
that tons of "passers by" might see as they pass through to elsewhere?  If
it's unlikely that many people will ever see it then the page without
images might be ok as it's probably a LOT lighter.

Errr, i kinda work in promoting events and constantly get handed 'posters'
that no-one is ever going to look at and that attract no-one to the event
they are supposedly meant to attract.  So my views are probably a bit
warped.
Regards from
Tom :)



On 15 October 2014 12:11, Svetlana Belkin <belkinsa at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> On 10/15/2014 03:07 AM, Alberto Salvia Novella wrote:
> > But remember having both versions at view at the same time on your
> > screen, or the experiment wouldn't be valid. This means you'll need a
> > desktop with a wide screen or two screens.
>
> There is also a program called Meld, a diff viewer.
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