I'm actually putting together a presentation to show off Freenet to a new hackerspace that just started up where I am for this coming Friday. This doesn't fall in the ungeeky category, but maybe I'll insert the slides into Freenet and post a URI on the list. Maybe we can even pick up some extra help.
On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 7:34 PM, Matthew Toseland <[email protected] > wrote: > [20:30:58] <toad_> Gaming4JC: anyway, if you can do some usability testing > with your un-geeky friends, please do so > [20:31:21] <toad_> Gaming4JC: usability testing = get them to install it, > don't help them unless they get really stuck, record what they have problems > with and what their comments are > [20:31:29] <Gaming4JC> toad_: they usually go blank at the initial > interface, up until they click on Linkageddon... then they scream and > uninstall it... -.- > [20:31:44] <toad_> Gaming4JC: :| > [20:31:53] <toad_> Gaming4JC: because linkageddon links to some cp? :| > [20:31:59] <Gaming4JC> yepyep > [20:32:20] <toad_> Gaming4JC: do they try the search box? > [20:32:27] <Gaming4JC> toad_: imo, we need a family friendly index. Pretty > much like AFK index, but more up to date. > [20:32:30] <toad_> Gaming4JC: everyone knows what to do with a search box > ... our problem is ours sucks > [20:32:33] <Gaming4JC> toad_: not that I know of. > [20:32:39] <toad_> Gaming4JC: we have ... AFK :| > [20:32:43] <toad_> and it's out of date yeah > [20:32:56] <Gaming4JC> takes too long to search, people grow bored to fast > [20:33:03] <Gaming4JC> too* > [20:33:05] <Gaming4JC> :P > [20:33:19] <toad_> but in any case, we cannot legally have a policy of "no > child porn"; we have to link to what indexes people make ... > [20:33:44] <Gaming4JC> true, but we should make the initial links more... > user friendly > [20:33:49] <Gaming4JC> and family friendly > [20:33:59] <Gaming4JC> if people want to find crap it's easy enough to get > without an index > [20:34:01] <Gaming4JC> ;P > [20:34:01] <toad_> Gaming4JC: we choose indexes based on usefulness. that > means, a) easy to find what you want and b) hard to find what you don't by > accident > [20:34:21] <toad_> Gaming4JC: i.e. no offensive links without > warnings/descriptions > [20:34:43] <Gaming4JC> toad_: yes, that should be a must. No eye-full > suprises. > [20:34:48] <Gaming4JC> description = win. :) > [20:35:45] <toad_> Gaming4JC: so the problem is they don't understand what > to do with it after it's installed? > [20:35:53] <Gaming4JC> toad_: right. > [20:36:26] <Gaming4JC> toad_: Which to me is a little confusing, I found it > easy to find stuff. But most ungeeky friends just don't get it > [20:36:43] <Gaming4JC> maybe GUI needs to be more intuitive. > [20:36:44] <toad_> Gaming4JC: they expect it to look like facebook, i > guesS? > [20:36:55] <Gaming4JC> toad_: yeah something like that > [20:36:55] <Gaming4JC> *gag* > [20:36:56] <Gaming4JC> xD > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > [email protected] > http://freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl >
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