Re: The "One" Page Release Notes

["Paul W. Frields" <stickster gmail com>]

On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 02:59:02AM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> On 07/14/2009 02:55 AM, Eric Christensen wrote:
> > The Docs Team, at the FAD @ SELF, had an idea to create a one-page
> > Release Notes for users that aren't as technical as some of our other
> > users.  This Release Notes would be something pretty, graphical, and
> > would only contain high-level changes.  I guess what we are looking for
> > is something that is a "composite of the tour and release overview" to
> > quote Paul (stickster).
> 
> How is that different from the release summary we used to do before? How
> do we differentiate this from the more technical detailed release notes?

In all the ways we've discussed here on the list and in Marketing
meetings previously:

* Easy to read descriptions of major changes, from the perspective of
  target audiences

* Screenshots illustrating changes

* Alignment with the feature list and talking points where appropriate

* Links to (and not reproductions of) gory details in the actual
  release notes

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