FAQ suggestions wanted

Hi, folks.
I'm looking for some ideas here. I'd like to organize the FAQs better in the hope of making them a bit more user-friendly.
Do we need to create "sections" for different types of FAQs? Should we prioritize some FAQs, and push others to the bottom of the list? Are there often-asked questions missing from the list? Are there FAQs which you feel are no longer relevant, or are confusing or incorrect?
Thanks for your input!
Neil

Ya know (and I'm not sure how J.C. and others would react, but)...
I'm not sure whether it would work toward more effectively steering visitors where they need to go, but the text info in the gray box at the top of the thread index could be replaced by an attention-grabbing image, with image maps for the links.
Since the text formatting hasn't seemed to really work to get newcomers directed toward the FAQ's maybe something that's visually attractive might.
Some people's eyes gloss over when all they see is text, but perhaps a little decent (not-garish) design would help.
It might be worth a try. If there are too many objections, it could always be put back to text-only, easily enough.
And how to accommodate NNTP visitors, you ask? ALT text? I dunno...I'm not much of a sitebuilding geek, so suggestions would have to be offered for that.
(Don't smite me too hard, please. I'm just trying to help the brainstorming process here :) )

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kisight: FAQ 1: Want to Test your iSight With Another Person?
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Other people put their details in their Apple profiles which you can see by clicking on their name on the left of any post.
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Original
kisight: FAQ 1: Want to Test your iSight With Another Person?
Suitable for iChat 2.x and iChat 3
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The team might find it useful to see it from the view point of someone new to LCCS
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Hi Dan,
Thanks for the suggestion - I think you're totally right that we need an FAQ. Hopefully in time for the next release (weeks away) we'll get something up for these questions.
appreciate the feedback!
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Sean,
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Hi:
I've loaded a table with a little over 100,000,000 records. The table has several indexes which I must now create. Need to do this as fast as possible.
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Thanks in Advance

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4) It really depends on too many factors to predict. The performance of inserts, updates and deletes will be either
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Workflow suggestions wanted...

Hey all. So suppose you have a multitrack song that you've imported into logic and it was recorded in free time, or with tempo changes. If you wanted to remix this and wanted to smooth out the tempo to something consistent, how would you go about this?
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Is it possible to move this anchor without modifying your clips in the arrange window?
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~~~~~
Do Creative Cloud members have access to previous versions of Creative Cloud apps?
Yes. Creative Cloud paid members have access to a select set of archived versions of the desktop apps. Starting with CS6, select older versions of the desktop creative apps will be archived and available for download. Archived versions are provided "as is" and are not updated to work with the latest hardware and software platforms.
~~~~~
Does this mean as a CC subscriber I can cancel my subscription at any time and walk away with a usable version of the 'select set' of software? Be it CS6 or what ever may be archived in the future at the time of subscription cancellation.

Sjaani wrote:
Does this mean as a CC subscriber I can cancel my subscription at any time and walk away with a usable version of the 'select set' of software? Be it CS6 or what ever may be archived in the future at the time of subscription cancellation.
If only it was that easy.
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