[Novalug] Software web pages and FAQs

[Sarah Elkins]

> Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:10:30 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Bonnie Dalzell <bdalzell at qis.net>
> Subject: Re: [Novalug] blender?
> To: "Roger W. Broseus" <rogerb at bronord.com>
> Cc: novalug at calypso.tux.org
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> On Sat, 18 Apr 2009, Roger W. Broseus wrote:
>
>> First-off, this is NOT directed at Jason but is a general rant about
>> software web pages. And, I look forward to your talk. Now, the rant:
>>
>> Is "Blender" a cross-platform vegetable chopper? Sort of an open source
>> or FOSS version of a Cuisinart?
>>
>> Being curious about Blender, I Googled and perused
>>
>>    http://www.blender.org/education-help/faq/linux/
>
> a lot of times the links posted do not open on the home page of the
> product
>
> clicking on the blender logo in the upper left (not obviously a
> link) gives the following information
>
> "Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for
> all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License."

Or, of course, simply trimming the URL to http://www.blender.org/, no
need to fool with figuring out if the logo is a link or not.

However, I agree that what a tool is / is for, is a question that
ought to be answered on the tool's FAQ. Probably as question 1.

Regards,

Sarah