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Subject:Re: What exactly is minimalist documentation? From:Damien Braniff <Damien_Braniff -at- PAC -dot- CO -dot- UK> Date:Tue, 28 Oct 1997 09:43:59 +0100
We use it to provide what the User needs (most of the time!). There is a
12 page A5 User Guide which covers 95% of the day to day operations the
user will want to do. We then provide a User Reference manual (large)
which covers all the software features - things that are usually only going
to be of interest to somebody at Administrator level. Doing this we ensure
that people get the info they need (they'll read a 12 page manual!) and the
ref is there as backup when required.
