[Pythonmac-SIG] My stab at a new page

[Rodney Somerstein]

At 9:51 AM -0800 2/10/06, Bill Janssen wrote:
>The problem is that there are many kinds of "new users".
>

This is true. The trick, in my view, is to make sure to define terms 
when they are first used. That way, the actual beginners have a 
chance of following along and the more experienced "new users" will 
skim over that sentence or two and get to the meat of what they are 
trying to find out. I don't see any other useful way to serve 
everyone on a single getting started page without either setting the 
bar too high for true newbies or frustrating the more experienced 
folks.

Links to pages for more detailed explanations can prevent the basic 
definitions from taking up too much room. But a simple sentence or 
two of introduction to each topic with novices in mind will go a long 
way toward eliminating assumptions of what people know.

-Rodney