Hi, On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 8:14 AM, Matthias Clasen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 5:46 AM, Jakub Steiner <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Matthias, >> >> I believe the effort should be focused around the website. I prefer learning >> about what's new before I download, or while I download. I am not a fan of >> putting a Windows 95-like nag screen preventing me from actually using the >> system. > > 'Windows 95-like nag screen' - skilled use of negative association here...
One problem is that the user has the same association I think. >> There are of course less intrusive ways to point to this information, such >> as a notification with a link to the website on first boot. But keep in mind >> that it's something not everybody is interested in and can get annoying if >> we're not careful. > > Sure. We don't want to be annoying. There's certainly a balance to be > struck between being flashy and annoying and being dull and boring. I don't think allowing the user to a) perform initial setup of the install b) get to using it is dull and boring at all. > Currently we are entirely on the 'dull and boring' side. We don't > advertise new features at all to users who are not coming in via the > gnome.org website, but instead get GNOME3 as a side-effect of > installing or upgrading a Linux distro - which I would say is probably > 99% of our users. How many of those do you think will find out that > GNOME 3.2 has a built-in on-screen keyboard ? I don't agree with this. There are a number of reasons why I think having such a screen isn't a good idea. * We don't know what is actually new to the user since upgrades may take different paths (especially for downstream products that have years between them) * We don't have a product and can't be certain what is actually there and new. Just talking about the OS Shell isn't particularly interesting. * The user very likely already saw some materials (press release, review, website, app store, software upgrade tool) that persuaded her to upgrade. I think a better plan is to concentrate on coordinating press releases, do a better job with the release notes online, create an initial setup tool and include a link to the release notes there. And looking forward, start creating a product from GNOME itself with a better upgrade story. We can talk about the new features when we initially inform the user that an upgrade is available. We could enhance the https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/SoftwareUpdates designs in two ways: * Show a What's New section when a new OS update is available * Show a What's New link to the online release notes in the post install notification And perhaps add a What's New section to the local help documents. Though I think we can probably do a nicer job on the web. Jon _______________________________________________ gnome-doc-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-doc-list
