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

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
Errr, when i said there is not much text on either page that is actually a
strong point in their favour.

If the one without images had more text i almost definitely wouldn't have
read it - probably even if i had been interested.
Regards from
Tom :)


On 15 October 2014 17:39, Tom Davies <tomcecf at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>> Svetlana Belkin
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