[Paraview] interface for Paraview help?

[Dan Lussier]

You're right on all counts.  The current help is tough to use and a  
system like stackoverflow doesn't prevent people from asking the same  
question over and over again.

However - it is much more searchable, and also tries to discourage  
repeated posting by suggesting similar questions as you write up a  
given question.  It also helps in threading the discussion and allows  
more experienced users to curate the result so that the question and  
answer banter has a better chance of remaining useful beyond the  
original context.

In application docs would definitely be huge, but they won't make  
questions from users go away.

On 26-Aug-10, at 10:31 AM, Michael Wild wrote:

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> On 26. Aug, 2010, at 17:21 , Dan Lussier wrote:
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>> I was wondering if the KitWare guys had considered a  
>> stackoverflow.com type of interface for Paraview help? The mailing  
>> list is great for some things, but doesn't work as well for those  
>> repeated 'how does this feature work' type of questions.
>>
>> This type of forum appears to work pretty well for general software  
>> development and computer issues (superuser.com) so it might help  
>> augment the ParaView wiki, which is already home to more long form  
>> articles.
>>
>> Just an idea.
>
> I don't agree with that. Although perhaps a bit more searchable/ 
> discoverable and certainly more fancy-looking, it doesn't prevent  
> from people asking the same questions over and over again. The only  
> solution to these kind of questions is to finally write real in- 
> application docs. The current help is just unusable...
>
> Michael
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