[179] in IS Home Pages
re: Changing top page for certificates
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robyn Fizz)
Tue Aug 25 13:29:29 1998
In-Reply-To: <v03110701b208af2b2194@[18.152.0.191]>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 13:31:01 -0400
To: is-home@MIT.EDU
From: Robyn Fizz <fizz@MIT.EDU>
Fine by me. -Robyn
>Everyone,
>
>I agree with Oliver. The change may be justified but the timing is bad.
>Too many people will be using the existing documentation in the next few
>weeks to make a change. It could turn into a large support problem. Can
>we table it until mid-September?
>
>ginny
>
>>To: Robyn Fizz <fizz@MIT.EDU>
>>Cc: is-home@MIT.EDU, smyser@MIT.EDU
>>Cc: oliver thomas <othomas@MIT.EDU>
>>Reply-To: oliver thomas <othomas@MIT.EDU>
>>X-Transcription: digital
>>Subject: re: Changing top page for certificates
>>Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 16:28:01 EDT
>>From: oliver thomas <othomas@MIT.EDU>
>>
>>
>>i have a few reservations, not about the change in general, but about the
>>timing. every incoming student will need to register for her athena
>>account and potentially get certificates sometime over the next week. not
>>knowing exactly what links to the current index.html file expecting to
>>find the guid, and how much printed documentation refers to the guide, i'd
>>be more comfortable waiting until the first week of classes to make this
>>change. as an example, the athena tutorial contains step-by-step
>>instructions including screen shots of what is supposed to happen when one
>>goes to web/is/help/cert/ so at least users working off the paper copy
>>will expect the guide to be there, not the table of contents.
>>
>>what do others think?
>>
>>oliver
>>
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