On Sunday 03 October 2004 08:06 am, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > Last month, the creation of a Jabber Community Site was discussed on > this mailing list. The project has been started.
Is BartVB aware of the project? He has been trying to organize this for a long time now, and I hope you two are working together. I browsed through the site, and while I'm aware it is still a work in progress, I'd like to throw in some critiques: - I like the "Jabber in 3 steps" idea, especially the recommendation of creating the account from a webform. However, there seems to be a bit of a separation between step 1 and 2, such that the user will have to remember his choice. It would be better if there were a way for the user to select his server and immediately register an account. What I suggest is that this page should give a brief description of each step (as it does now), but there should be no links other than a "Proceed to step 1" (or some such) at the bottom. Then the website can guide the user through the process. Step 3 should probably send the user straight to the client listing page, rather than containing its own duplicate list. - Say "Microsoft Windows" instead of "MS Windows" (I know, I'm being nitpicky here, but consider who we're targetting). - The Intro to Jabber contains too much information. Throw out the non-IM stuff or references to XML (users don't care), and introduce Jabber as another IM system, but with a difference. I've found that saying it is the "5th" IM system, after specifically naming ICQ, AIM, MSN, and Yahoo, helps send a clear message that Jabber is another system entirely, and not a Trillian ripoff. This is the #1 confusion with Jabber. As nice as /we/ might find the "Jabber in a Nutshell" text, the whole thing should probably be scrapped. Or maybe some of this stuff could be moved into the "Going Further" section. - It's great to see that you'll be reviewing clients. The Psi review is probably fine, though I think a screenshot or two would make the thing nicer. However, the review is much too long for the casual new user. What I suggest is that in the client listing page, each item would contain a short blurb about the client with a small (or clipped) screenshot. If the user wants to read more, then he can click to see the full review. - There should probably be no more than 4 clients in the client listing. This way it will be possible for the user to make a quick and easy decision. It would probably be a good idea to mark the topmost item as "recommended" with a gold border around the entry or something. This way the users don't even have to think if they don't want to. Offering direct download links would also be good, so that you don't confuse users by sending them to a foreign website. - The 'Forum' link should probably be closer to the top. 'Clients Help' should probably be in the 'Clients' section somewhere. That's all for now. ;-) -Justin _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/jdev
