Re: Improving help for fx2
Axel Hecht
Forwarding to .l10n.
Axel
Steffen Wilberg wrote:
> Hi Axel,
>
>> Step one in order to enable us to improve the quality of the localized
>> help would be to find areas where they can improve their localization
>> safely now. Or, have a good buglist for help.
>>
>> I looked at
>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&product=Firefox&component=Help+Documentation&target_milestone=Firefox+2&target_milestone=Firefox+2+beta1&target_milestone=Firefox+2+beta2&long_desc_type=substring&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&resolution=---&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=exact&email1=&emailassigned_to2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailqa_contact2=1&emailtype2=exact&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=.
>> That's 12 bugs so far, one of which is l10n-only. 4 bugs are targeted
>> b1, two are targeted at Firefox 2. The bug description sounds like
>> 'new docs', so those would be at risk?
> I just went through that list. 2 bugs won't make Firefox 2. 1 bug was
> already fixed. The remaining 9 bugs are targeted for asap, i.e. beta 2.
> Most of them are not too large, with two exceptions:
>
> Bug 341899 is about documenting the new prefwindow, which has yet to
> land on the branch. That's going to be huge, like in Firefox 1.5 (see
> bug 279506). I'd clearly recommend to stay out of prefs.xhtml for now.
>
> My patch for documenting the add-ons manager (mostly
> customization.xhtml) is awaiting review, bug 336389. The patch is
> somewhat likely to change another time.
>
> I'd consider my other patches relatively stable, but who knows. Jeff
> Walden ought to review these, but he's obviously been buried by other
> work (prefwindow reorg...).
>
>> Is that list complete? Or the other way around, is any page that
>> doesn't show up on this list a good candidate to start polish for a
>> localizer?
> That list is complete as of now...
> You could of course start with the already fixed bugs:
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&product=Firefox&component=Help+Documentation&target_milestone=Firefox+2&target_milestone=Firefox+2+alpha1&target_milestone=Firefox+2+alpha2&target_milestone=Firefox+2+alpha3&target_milestone=Firefox+2+beta1&target_milestone=Firefox+2+beta2&resolution=FIXED
>
> One of the largest changes was adding accessibility.xhtml in bug 315402.
>
> But as I said, stay out of prefs.xhtml and the extension/theme manager
> part of customization.xhtml.
>
> Steffen
Steffen Wilberg
>> customization.xhtml) is awaiting review, bug 336389. The patch is
>> somewhat likely to change another time.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336389
Steffen