[ic] Newbie has questions and needs some help

[AirDelights.com]

how do you help people who don't even know the basics?  they are smart
enough to ask a simple question like how do I build my site, but
unfortunately they lack the vocabulary to understand the technical answers
to that question.  Gee's, I've been studying interchange for a year and I
don't understand most of the questions and answers I see posted. Why spend
hours explaining the code to someone who couldn't possible understand what
your saying.

steve =)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sid Martin" <swmartin@link.com>
To: <interchange-users@icdevgroup.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 6:59 AM
Subject: Re: [ic] Newbie has questions and needs some help


> Winning Web Works wrote:
>
> > Thanks Patrick, I am new to this list and have been feeling afraid to
post
> > anything for fear of being blasted out of the water.  I think
interchange is
> > an amazing thing and would be proud if I could be as capable with it as
some
> > on this list.
> >
> > Angela
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Patrick Maddox" <snapdad@iworktoomuch.com>
> > To: <interchange-users@icdevgroup.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 4:50 PM
> > Subject: RE: [ic] Newbie has questions and needs some help
> >
> > >
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> > > Reading through this thread makes me very sad.  The documentation,
> > > while it may not suck, does leave something to be desired in the area
> > > of intuitiveness.  The mailing list is a great resource, but the
> > > arrogance expressed by many people, A) doesn't address the problems
> > > the user has, and B) seem only to be posted to inflate some egos.
> > >
> > > A new user to the package receiving such a response from the list
> > > will generally be discouraged and move on to a less complex and less
> > > feature rich package, and while many would say this is probably a
> > > good thing, it does nothing to increase the exposure the software
> > > has, and nothing to encourage new developers.
> > >
> > > Along the lines of this thread, would it be possible for some of the
> > > more learned members of the list reply back with references to basic
> > > tutorials (if they exhist) outside of the realm of RTFM, because
> > > plainly this is what the user was trying to do and wasn't finding TFM
> > > intuitive enough to lead him to an answer.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > ./Patrick
> > >
> > > <<edit>>
> > > [mailto:interchange-users-admin@icdevgroup.org]On Behalf Of
> > > AirDelights.com
> > > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 2:44 PM
> > > To: interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
> > > Subject: Re: [ic] Newbie has questions and needs some help
> > >
> > >
> > > learn html and you should have no problems!!
> > >
> > > <<snip>>
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> I'm afraid this is the reaction of most new user's to this list. The
product is
> often passed over due to the inability of those who have deemed themselves
the
> experts to post mature and/or meaningful responses. If you monitor the
list
> long enough those that really care about answering your questions (usually
the
> one's that really know the product) will at least guide to to a solution.
As
> for those EGOS, They're only here to help inflate each other......
>
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