Hi, name's Magnus, I've been developing e-learning for more than 10 years, currently working as web-TV producer at the Swedish Natn'l Lottery.
I came across Do a few days ago and is now using it for most everything on my Ubuntu 9.10 netbook. It is an outstanding application, and I am very impressed with how it fundamentally changes the way of interaction. For me it took a few hours to fully understand how powerful Do is, and I'm a geek going back to Sinclair ZX-81 in 1981. For someone with a less nerdy background it could be very difficult to "grok" Do, and then missing out on this extraordinary application. I would like to help with a 'introduction' which explains how Do tries to present useful actions based on text input, and the interaction metaphor (type - arrow down - tab - arrow down) needs to be explained since it's new to most if not all users. Think we also need an introduction to configuring the most common/ useful plugins, Twitter, /home-search I have made a first test page to test some ideas, it's at http://helander.pbworks.com/Gnome-Do+does+it+-+amazing+stuff! and has 300 pageviews as of today. And. after installing from Ubuntu Software Center - nothing happens, and when launching, really nothing happens, and if the user misses the Super-Space, then they are lost. So I think we need a "welcome to DO" startup screen/s Based on my own experience I would suggest something like this.. 1. Do installs as startup application with an Icon in the notification tray enabled. 2. If Do notices that the user has restarted/rebooted and not interacted with Do a "Welcome to Do" guide and introduction is displayed. Pls let me know if I can be of help to you. I can't code C, but I do know how to explain things in a engaging and structured way. /magnus https://launchpad.net/~mhelander -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GNOME Do" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gnome-do?hl=en.
