At 01:35 PM 26-01-02 +0200, Arda Tunccekic wrote:

>Of course, but there

>sould


>be some "newcomers" section that we could point them to..
>There's already a "novice's guide", but in my opinion, it

>needs to be re-organized.

Then join the website list and offer to fix it:

mailto:firebird-website-request@...?subject=subscribe

>And the FAQ section in www.firebirdsql.org may not be satisfying them..
>It describes what firebird is, what's the technology behind it and some
>stuff like that, not so practical.. There

>should

>be some docs just to make them kick-start using the database
>
>I think there

>should

>be some trivial sections like "Getting Started" , and it

>should

>cover some *practical* topics like "Create your first database",
>"Create your first table and index it", "How to connect"..

Then join the documentation list and do something about it:

mailto:firebird-docs-request@...?subject=subscribe

>And I think, the official web site of Firebird (is it www.firebirdsql.org )

>should

>be the footer for every support e-mail.

Indeed it **should** but for some reason, yahoo won't give me access to the footer message for our list mails.

>>>When the issue turns a vice, we should direct those people to the docos.
>I strongly agree..

Then, Arda, if you agree with this, **I think** you >> should << sometimes take your turn to respond to those inquiries instead of leaving it to the same old others every time.

We are all volunteers. We all have real jobs, research to do, children to feed, cars to fix, dogs to walk, gardens to dig, bathrooms to clean, beds to sleep in..... In an effort like ours, if you think something

>> should << be done and you are capable of doing it, then just do it...

regards,
Helen

All for Open and Open for All
Firebird Open SQL Database · http://firebirdsql.org
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