A lot of people were asking about the Firefox guidebook and what kind of content they could expect. Since I'd only seen early drafts and not the final copy, I didn't have a solid answer but Blake has posted the guidebook's table of contents online so now you can see for yourself. Head over to the Mozilla Store and you can view the TOC before making the purchase. It's a good book.
If you're turning people on to Firefox, hand them this book and save yourself a few support calls :-)
You also get that warm fuzzy feeling knowing that a portion of the proceeds go to the Mozilla Foudation which pays my salary and keeps food in my cat's dish :)
Posted by asa at September 24, 2004 06:57 PMMy cats breathe smells like cat food.
Posted by: sdf on September 24, 2004 09:53 PMAh, neat. I looked at the pdf TOC, and it looks like a very solid, comprehensive guide :-) all the basic, and lots of advanced topics as well.
Posted by: nile on September 25, 2004 08:21 AMI'm not doubting that it is good and helpful (I may consider getting one for a couple converts), but something is wrong:
Saying "It's a good book" ... but ... "A lot of people were asking about the Firefox guidebook and what kind of content they could expect. Since I'd only seen early drafts and not the final copy, I didn't have a solid answer..."
Saying it's a good book when you didn't know it well enough to answer what was in it?
Again, I'm not doubting that it is. Just pointing out something semi-interesting. :-)
Posted by: R.Mo on September 25, 2004 07:51 PMi want one! do they ship to the UK?
Posted by: Aidan on September 26, 2004 02:34 AMR.Mo, I was intimately involved in the development of this book. I didn't see the final organization so I wasn't able to say "The book is organized into these sections, covering this set of features and is perfectly composed to satisfy this specific audience." but I certainly knew enough about specific pieces of content and the people who wrote the book that I had zero doubt that it was not just a good book, but a great book.
--Asa
Posted by: Asa Dotzler on September 26, 2004 09:13 AMAidan - they do ship to the UK. The shipping cost isn't too high either, the downside being that it will take a week or two to arrive.
See http://www.mozillastore.com/a/shipping/
Thanks for the explanation, Asa! I knew you probably had a reason (other than Firefox zeal).
Posted by: R.Mo on September 26, 2004 06:47 PMThe table of contents is certainly useful in determining what topics the manual covers, but a sample chapter would be useful as well. A sample chapter would allow potential readers to get a feel for how the book itself is written. Is it targeted at my grandma, who uses her computer once a week (or less)? Is it written for the power user who is actively converting others to firefox? Or is it (hopefully) written so that both users would be happy about purchasing the book. I'm sure the book is great, but I just want to know who it's great for.
Posted by: Corny on September 27, 2004 05:57 PM