Hi Dylan, in case the Twitter feed is missing you would use the same layout? Wouldn't you switch to the previous one with the picture of AskUbuntu?
The twitter feed is pretty cool, I am just not sure about its purpose. The "support" slide is quite important for new users (so maybe using the same layout as the intro slide is not a bad idea). I fear the user will be distracted by the feed instead of gathering the useful information on the left. Thanks, chr On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Dylan McCall <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Feb 21, 2012 7:08 AM, "Christian Giordano" < > [email protected]> wrote: > >… > > Since the last release the last slide (mainly used for support) changed. > While the copy still talks about askubuntu.com, instead of the typical > screenshot layout now the slideshow background is visible and there is a > Twitter feed. > > > > I am not sure when this change happened and who did it, but my > understanding is that it is serving the purpose of acknowledging the user > about the breath of the install base (many languages many topics). > > > > Being the last slide it is quite important so it would be great if we > can discuss this solution further. > > > > > > While I understand the motivation of advertising something different > than askubuntu for not English speaker, I think that a moderation will be > necessary. My concern is that when a moderation will be in place, this > breath of users (especially because moderating in different languages is > very difficult) will get missing. > > > > Because we are close to release, and because such moderation is not in > place yet, I wonder if we should just revert back to the slide how it was > in 11.10. > > > > > > What do you think guys? > > > > > > Cheers, chr > > Just to be clear, that Twitter thingy was my doing. It is still a work in > progress, but the rest of that work is low priority for 12.04. > > You're right about moderation limiting the assortment of users we see. In > fact, I have implemented moderation - in the current revision (and my > preview web page at > http://people.ubuntu.com/~dylanmccall/ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu/preview/). > The way moderation works is quite reliable: there's a list of accounts we > like attached to a twitter account called hello_ubuntu, and the slideshow > gets tweets from that list. We can edit the list at any time. The list also > has retweets, so that works nicely to give us some extra breadth, but it's > specifically pulling from English places. > > It's possible to expand on this in a bunch of ways, but, indeed, rushing > would end in teers. Hopefully it can be cleverer next cycle, if the feature > sticks around! > > With that said, English works, and it should be pretty cool. Especially > for an exciting release like this one! I'd like to show it for English > installs and hide it otherwise - same way it behaves when there's an error > or no internet connection. It isn't ideal, but I think it's better than > nothing :) > (And don't worry: that's already three quarters implemented). > > Dylan >
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