RE: [users] Installation videos
RA Brown [mailto:rabr...@the-martin-byrd.net] replied: John Meyer wrote: I had a thought. Would it be helpful to create an installation video for OpenOffice and post up a link on the front page of OpenOffice.org? John, Sound like a good idea to me. I am just not sure which team would handle it. Whoever does it, DON'T make it a YouTube link. There's nothing wrong with posting it on YouTube, of course. More exposure is better for something like that. But for the actual link from the ahem dignified and professional OpenOffice.org main page, you want your video to be hosted by a stable, unobtrusive, hosting service. The differences are (among others): 1) A dedicated hosting service lets you choose the single frame from your video (or another still image) that becomes the clickable link-pic. YouTube lifts a frame out of your video using its own estimation of what will catch people's attention. 2) A dedicated hosting service allows you to decide what the user's experience will be, entering and leaving the video. What options will appear, whether there'll be an overlay or watermark (and in which corner it will appear), and so on...YouTube can run banner ads over part of your video window while it plays, and then afterward, YouTube's primary purpose is to entice the viewer to keep looking at other YouTube offerings. You would prefer them to return-to / remain-at your website. 3) A dedicated video-hosting service lets you control the quality and the number of alternative formats of your video that the viewer can select. You can offer a downloadable version along with streaming versions of different aspect ratios, different resolutions, etc. It's fairly cheap, too. Or the organization could toss up their own video server. And as I said at the beginning, post the video to YouTube, too, for the exposure, complete with links back to the OOo site. But don't make the YouTube one be the one you get when you click from the OOo site. Cheers, - Kevin The information contained in this electronic mail transmission may be privileged and confidential, and therefore, protected from disclosure. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer without copying or disclosing it. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Installation videos
I had a thought. Would it be helpful to create an installation video for OpenOffice and post up a link on the front page of OpenOffice.org? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Installation videos
John Meyer wrote: I had a thought. Would it be helpful to create an installation video for OpenOffice and post up a link on the front page of OpenOffice.org? John, Sound like a good idea to me. I am just not sure which team would handle it. Andy - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Installation videos
Original Message From: RA Brown rabr...@the-martin-byrd.net To: users@openoffice.org Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:43:00 -0800 John Meyer wrote: I had a thought. Would it be helpful to create an installation video for OpenOffice and post up a link on the front page of OpenOffice.org? John, Sound like a good idea to me. I am just not sure which team would handle it. Andy Youtube search openoffice install returns 156 hits: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=openoffice+instalsearch_type=aq=f Dave - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Installation videos
On 1/18/2010 7:21 PM, Dave Barton wrote: Original Message From: RA Brownrabr...@the-martin-byrd.net To: users@openoffice.org Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:43:00 -0800 John Meyer wrote: I had a thought. Would it be helpful to create an installation video for OpenOffice and post up a link on the front page of OpenOffice.org? John, Sound like a good idea to me. I am just not sure which team would handle it. Andy Youtube search openoffice install returns 156 hits: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=openoffice+instalsearch_type=aq=f Dave Still, I think it would be helpful to those new openoffice users to have the installation videos shown in the same place where they download the program from. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Installation videos
Original Message From: John Meyer pueblonat...@opensuse.us To: users@openoffice.org Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:57:49 -0700 On 1/18/2010 7:21 PM, Dave Barton wrote: Original Message From: RA Brownrabr...@the-martin-byrd.net To: users@openoffice.org Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:43:00 -0800 John Meyer wrote: I had a thought. Would it be helpful to create an installation video for OpenOffice and post up a link on the front page of OpenOffice.org? John, Sound like a good idea to me. I am just not sure which team would handle it. Andy Youtube search openoffice install returns 156 hits: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=openoffice+instalsearch_type=aq=f Dave Still, I think it would be helpful to those new openoffice users to have the installation videos shown in the same place where they download the program from. No argument John. I agree with the suggestion. I was just offering a pointer to some possible resources. Maybe one of those Youtube or other producers already have something of sufficient quality that could be used. Just a thought. Dave - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
