Re: GNOME tour?

[Simos Xenitellis <simos74 gmx net>]

Claus Schwarm wrote:

> On Tue, 17 May 2005 08:04:21 -0400
> Luis Villa <luis villa gmail com> wrote:
>
>  
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> > For the liveCD, I'd like to use Theora, but probably flash or even
> > still/simple screenshots makes sense for the web.
> >
> >    
>
> A screenshot tour (8 - 10 shots, maybe) along with explanations what is
> shown on the screenshot would be fine and sufficient for a start, IHMO.
>
> Maybe we can start editing a rought guideline (ie the explanations) on a
> wiki page?
>  
Indeed, do a guideline for an initial tour and I'll try to make a demo 
in vnc2swf as well, just to compare how they
look and feel, and quantify the amount of extra work.

In general, SWF can be converted to AVI (or Theora) and back, using 
tools such as mplayer or VideoLan.
I think Miguel did first some nice presentations of Mono programming 
with vnc2swf, but I do not have a link for that.
You may see http://www.livejournal.com/users/simosx/269.html for two 
such demos.

Some points to mention
a. In general getting people to redo the tutorial for their own language 
is a difficult task, as they will have
to get the skills in doing it. See for example the screenshots for the 
release notes of GNOME 2.10. There was different degrees
of quality and many did not manage to make them on time (ok, they had to 
get garnome/jhbuild for these..)
b. The ideal situation is when one person can do the tutorials for 
several languages, simply by switching between locales,
and not requiring much on understanding the local language. There has 
been a request to the gtk+ people to allow for fast-switching
between locales without having to restart the program. If you find any 
of the gtk+ people, chat with them if this is achievable,
as it will help in many ways the localisation teams. Ok, this point is 
just for some hints, let's not divert attention away from the tutorial 
issue... :)
c. Along with the SWF/AVI tutorial it's possible to add sound, as with a 
person describing what's being done. The effect is marvelous,
though it's much more work.
d. Another option is to create animated GIFs, perhaps as a way to enhace 
screenshot-only presentations. Again, rougly speaking, animated 
GIF<->Flash<->AVI.

Simos



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