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the project is not about developing the site
it is about getting the community to develop it
that is the point of a wiki
hey can you invite germain into the chat?
yhnger@hotmail.com saysoh wow finally
hUeY says
so are we sticking to the original topic or the newly proposed?
Darrell Leong says
Natalie you asked how far should we actually go when we translate GIMP to photoshop right?
we dont have to do everything ourselves
true, there are millions of program equivalents to translate but thats not for us to do
the wiki is meant for the community to develope on
hUeY says
yes i do get what you mean, but how many FOSS are you looking at for this project?
Darrell Leong says
How bout we each do a page?
there are plenty of options eg PowerPoint to Impress,
hUeY says
can i ask why the sudden the change in topic?
Darrell Leong says
heres an example
http://hopover.wikia.com/wiki/Photoshop_to_GIMP
hmmm...
we can still stcik to the original plan
yhnger@hotmail.com says
i'm actually okay with the new idea
Darrell Leong says
afterall our original idea is to redo a instruction manual for Sys Workflow
yhnger@hotmail.com says
it's very feasible
Darrell Leong says
we can find it a FOSS equivalent and post them on the wki
it is still an instrucgtion manual
but the difference is that HopOver is pro FOSS, so although it explains Sys-Workflow, it discourages it
hUeY says
yes all right great
talk to mr harrish abt it during break?
yhnger@hotmail.com says
okay we'll do
but let's select 3 to do first
like darrell said, photoshop to gimp
word to openoffice or whichever
then also
i think we should further narrow it down to specifically what we want to focus on within that software
because now it's so general
word has SO MANY functions
are we going to explain all?
it'll be a little insane
Darrell Leong says
harish said we can give the page several categories
basic, itermediate, advance
yhnger@hotmail.com says
ah
okay
then we'll also need to define
what is basic
intermediate and advanced
hUeY says
isn't it subjective as to what's basic, intermediate?
yhnger@hotmail.com says
yes i agree with natalie
Darrell Leong says
hmm..
yhnger@hotmail.com says
for example i consider using shortcuts like ctrl+s basic
but i know of pple who have no idea what shortcuts are
Darrell Leong says
its subjective
yhnger@hotmail.com says
so we need to specify
Darrell Leong says
maybe we can draw the borders
if the community doesnt like that, they are free to change it
yhnger@hotmail.com says
yep that is why defining it is important
hUeY says
the thing with wiki, it's suppose to be a plethora of info, if we are going to define it, doesn't it defeat the purpose?
yhnger@hotmail.com says
natalie are u editing the blog right now?
cos i cant seem to access it
but that's actually to our benefit
hUeY says
nope not ediiting
yhnger@hotmail.com says
because the idea of a wiki is to let the community add their own information
not just ours
we do not have to monitor and control it
we are simply some sort of starting a "movement"
to put it in an airy fairy manner
hUeY says
all right that being said, how abt not categorizing it to baisc, intermediate...blah
Darrell Leong says
same goes with the page... you dont have to explain everything you don't know... just present the info you have and the community will add to it
hUeY says
but rather a few functions
for each FOSS
Darrell Leong says
hmmm
i have an idea
how bout we list down the features from the most common to the least, basic to advance
no borders... just a list
yhnger@hotmail.com says
how about we narrow it down to one FOSS
hUeY says
haha
yhnger@hotmail.com says
from there we actually pick out the functions we want to zoom inon
think about it
for the paid software alone
i am not confident of knowing its in and outs
now we're going to have to write a manual to transit
it's gonna be daunting
unless we make it seem like a
guide for dummies
where WE are the dummies
and even explain the mistakes we made
or the frustrations we face
rather than a professional info kind of thing
Darrell Leong says
so we focus on one equivalent pair?
yhnger@hotmail.com says
but wikia is quite serious if i'm not wrong
i vote for one equivalent
Darrell Leong says
we should put the data on the wikia, ewverything else (eg mistakes progress obstacles etc) on the Impress slides
hUeY says
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