This was some time back, so it might not be a comment on the current website. However, he may have a point? One of the responses, from Dennis Nezic, was basically that Freenet is complex, deal with it. However we could make it a bit clearer that Freenet is a metanetwork, that it is NOT a proxy network, but that it's still useful because XYZ? Or is that too negative a point of view - I guess that depends on how good our XYZ are?
--- Begin Message ---I think you need to publish a more user friendly description of the product and how it works. I am a fairly experienced PC/Windows user for many years and I made a career of data administration using technology. However, reading your website just makes my head spin much as trying to decipher Linux and trying to understand what advantages I gain from deploying freenet that is more and better than something like PGP or using proxies. Regardless of one's views of the relative merits of the software platforms (Windows, MacOS, Linux, etc) the fact remains that we do live in a MS Windows world and I think that describing your product relative to the Windows experience would go a long way towards enticing users to try your product. Personally, I think this approach of keeping the description and explanation cryptic and mystical has been the single block that Linux has embedded in the public perception and has drastically limited its adoption on a much larger scale. I see your product headed down that same road, a good if not outstanding product that is hamstrung by its own creators for lack of a focus on explaining the product to the prospective end-user base in a way that base can understand. I think developers lose sight of their audience when promoting their work and forget that the target audience (end-user) is largely ignorant of what goes on "under the hood". Hopefully, you will take this message as constructive and not a nag. In either event it's my opinion and I hope you give it more than a little consideration. Best Regards, Tim Jones Sebring, Florida USA _______________________________________________ Support mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
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