plans for Feisty

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

On Oct 27, 2006, at 1:17 PM, B.A. Lopez wrote:
> ...
> On Oct 26, 2006, at 5:35 PM, Jonathan Jesse wrote:
> ...
>> From: ubuntu-doc-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
>> [mailto:ubuntu-doc-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Milo
>> Casagrande
> ...
>>> * For letting people know more about the docs or Ubuntu, I was
>>> thinking of something like a welcome-app that runs on the first 
>>> login in a new install (or upgrade) of Ubuntu (something like 
>>> Windows did... or still does). When a new user log in, the Ubuntu 
>>> desktop is "empty", a new user, I think, don't know what he/she can 
>>> do or where to start.
> ...
>> I don't think that any type of welcome screen or anything like the
>> current windows xp screen is something that the developers are 
>> interested in at all..
>
>   I think there are plans to discuss just such a thing at the
> upcoming UDS.  Personally, I'd like to see a "Welcome to the Ubuntu
> Community. . . " intro for new users; for upgraders, a simple "What's
> new/changed" would suffice.
>
> Specification changed by Matt Zimmerman:
>
>      Priority: Undefined => Medium
>
> -- Specification Details:
>    Slideshow during install
>    https://features.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/ubiquity-
> slideshow

That's not really related. It's a quick slide show of the exciting 
features of Ubuntu, like large Windows installers sometimes have. 
Whatever the most exciting features are, I'd be surprised if "the docs" 
was one of them. :-)

> ...
>>> * I think the new docs should also include some screenshots, like the
>>> main window of "users-and-groups" app or synaptic... so it would be
>>> easier to know how to do a task or what to expect to see...
> ...

Including screenshots in help is a bad idea, unless they are shrunken 
and/or otherwise altered so that people don't confuse them with the 
interface itself.

Cheers
-- 
Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/