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From: cfbd@southern.co.nz (Colin Douthwaite)
Subject: Re: Time for a new FAQ? [ plus a tiny fraction of my ascii
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Date: 1997/11/05
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Zeus Simeoni (zeus_simeoni@umit.maine.edu) wrote:

> Well, my comments are just that I never really got around to 
> reading the whole of the last FAQ.  The main reason was that it 
> was too long.  

That seems to be the main problem with all FAQs and informational
postings.

The only alternative seems to be to split the FAQs into parts with 
each part on a specific topic.

Then of course you get lots of postings rather like those I post
right now...which can be tedious for both poster and reader.


> When someone reads a FAQ, (at least when I am) I am not looking 
> for how to do absolutely everything that can be done. When I 
> looked at the ASCII faq I just wanted to know the basics, and I 
> could not find them.  

What is your list or definition of "the basics" you wanted to know ?

The Barger and Allison FAQs seem to cover most of the basics but
do not cover everything individuals will wish to know and "just the 
basics" are going to be widely variable for each Net user, their 
software and their experience and circumstances.

Bye,