Re: Work in progress documentation design

[Petr Kovar <pmkovar gnome org>]

On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 10:43:59 +0100
Allan Day <allanpday gmail com> wrote:

> Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net> wrote:
> ...
> > If I interpret that correctly: If the videos received more maintenance
> > there'd be no reason to potentially remove them, but there's no problem
> > with having those videos (size, content, etc) per se.
>
> As far as I'm aware, the videos are being actively maintained. The
> issue is the amount of work involved in doing that.
>
> > > And as time goes on, getting started isn't as important as it used to
> > > be.
> >
> > Could you explain what data this statement is based on?
> > Testing with new users? Something else?
>
> We're assuming that getting started was primarily intended to help
> existing GNOME users migrate to GNOME 3, and that the majority will
> have done so.

What about users migrating from other environments and systems? Are we no
longer interested in providing them with a good getting started experience?
 
> But I'll reiterate what I said previously - I don't think that the
> switch from video to static images is a significant downgrade.

I don't see static images as a good replacement for videos. You'll be having
hard time trying to explain some concepts without the help of animation.

Cheers,
pk