On Monday 03 August 2009 22:27:37 Colin Davis wrote:
> 
> >> How would a new user find out about such software?  It doesn't look
> >> obvious from the front page of the site to me.  Frost and FMS have
> >> links from the "discussion" tab on the node page, but jSite and
> >> Thingamablog don't.  There's some info on the "documentation" page of
> >> the freenetproject.org, but that's not where I would think to look for
> >> Freenet-related applications.
> >>     
> 
> The right solution, long term, is to move it into the web interface, but 
> that would take development work-time. People look at Freenet as a tool, 
> not a platform, so having things built into the interface they already 
> know is the most convenient for them.
> 
> Shorter term, if you wanted to draw attention, you could add a note like-
> 
> You've installed Freenet, Now what?
> Congratulations! If you're seeing this page, Freenet is up and running. 
>  From here, you can [[browse Freesites]], Discuss subjects on the 
> [[Freenet forums]], or  [[Publish a Freesite]].
> 
> If there were a lot of programs, you could emphasize that with-
> ...is up and running. From here, you can [[browse Freesites]], Discuss 
> subjects on the [[Freenet forums]], or [[Download]] a program that uses 
> Freenet.

Well right now none of those links would do anything more useful than 
explaining where to get programs from. Hopefully Freetalk will be working and 
official in a few months...

We could have an annoying newbie popup though, even when (especially when?) we 
have more integrated functionality - good idea? Anyone other than colin?

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