Hi,
On Thursday, July 27, 2006 at 17:09:22, jdd wrote:
> here some basis I think _are_ very important (trying to be
> positive :-):
All the things you say are true but have nothing to do with the task at
hand. Guiding users trough the process of downloading openSUSE.
> we can expect them to know:
>
> - what kind of processor uses they computer (mac, solaris,
> PC) I'm unsure how we can adresse the 32 bits/ 64 bits
> problem. I had to do for windows and had to abandon it :-(
>
> so may be the first question at all should be this one: what
> kind of computer do you use.
>
> - do they have a dvd reader or not. I know many people that
> don't know. cd and dvd are alike. A friend of mine (he uses
> a computer a work all the day) tried for days to make a
> video dvd read by his computer and failed. He not even
> understand what I said when I asked him if his reader was cd
> or dvd. so a small clue is important (my dvd readers are
> labelled on front "DVD", is this true for all of them?)
WTH are you talking about? Its not like we have a personal assistent
built into the wiki for everyone who wants to download stuff. You cant
ask questions because there is no way of answering for the user (except
a click¹). You have to express the options the user has on a static
web-page and the options have to be explained. Now tell me which option
should we leave out?
o Stable or Development
o Installation type
o Arch
o Download type
Each of these options is vital for the decision what, where and how to
download.
Henne
¹ Before you go there... please dont start the try to mimic interactive
decision making in static wiki pages. It sucks!
--
Henne Vogelsang, Core Services
"Rules change. The Game remains the same."
- Omar (The Wire)
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