It's an interesting Milestone for the project that most of the tasks that are being undertaken are UI/user focused. Reduce Ram, fix the installer, improve help docs, fix auto-updates, add messageboards, etc.
Just interesting to compare to the runup to .7, which was all about features, and getting away from a broken codebase, whereas .8 is about polish and adoption. That sort of user-focus will really help to increase retention and helps a lot now that the basic system is far more usuable. Juiceman wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > >>> 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). >> > > My only concern would be the offline availability if users can't get > connected, but we can worry about that down the road. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) > Comment: http://getfiregpg.org > > iD8DBQFJSo8n4esu1mlKOs8RAsEEAJ9GYmwwq1pncgc3+tdF9X96rVWrQACeMfZy > kxnH/V3mkgUwWqGOe9k45S4= > =N+2f > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl at freenetproject.org > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl >
