On Thursday 18 December 2008 00:44, Juiceman wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 7:26 PM, Ian Clarke wrote: > >> On top of my head: > >> - Cleaner code > >> - Proper detection of FireFox location > >> - profiles.ini watchdog thingy > >> - Check if node is running before launching FF (and if not, start or > >> inform user in a GUI message box) (and if needed, shutdown node > >> afterwards as well) > >> - If wanted, GUI warnings about missing daemon, FF or FF profile (we > >> talked a bit about the possibility of nagging users without daemon enabled) > > > > > I also think we may have a problem getting the user past the "ok, its > > up and running, now what?" stage. We need to give the user a natural > > path from installation to usage of Freenet, whether its surfing > > FProxy, using one of the discussion tools, or creating their own > > freesites. > > > > Anyone got any ideas? > > > > Ian. > > > > There is no "help" or "FAQ" screen in Fproxy. The users are left to > find the wiki or a Freesite for help (assuming they can reach one). > > I suggest making a html page in the main jar that links from the > homepage. It must be contained in the install. Assume users are > installing it offline from a friend or fileserver in a place where the > Freenet website is blocked. > > Things like firewalls, what are Freesites, etc. Just a copy and paste > of the documentation section of the website or wiki would help. Maybe > using the l10n framework, can it handle simple html? If not, just a > skeletal page with an outline where the text can be translated in > sections. > > I would like to attempt this if it's OK with you guys.
Hmmm ... really what we'd want would be an official freesite, but we *could* bundle a small web of help pages ... I don't see any reason why you shouldn't start work on that right away, we may switch it to an official freesite at some point but in the near future it'd be useful to have some documentation from within the web interface. Feel free to reuse stuff that we've written on the wiki or the website (although strictly speaking there may be licensing issues as iirc the website is Creative Commons licensed, which is GPL incompatible). -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 827 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20081218/f5fdca94/attachment.pgp>
