Re: getting www.gnome3.org

[Lucas Rocha <lucasr gnome org>]

Suggestion from a friend of mine (who doesn't speak English): maybe we
should register madeofeasy.org too?

--lucasr


2011/1/10 Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>:
> Andreas Nilsson wrote:
>> On 01/04/2011 09:11 PM, Stormy Peters wrote:
>> > We do have gnome3.org and we worked on it at the last marketing
>> > hackfest. At that time, it was really close to launching ...
>> http://www.andreasn.se/diverse/temp/gnome3.org/
>> This design is a bit different from the one I did at the Marketing
>> Hackfest in Spain, but it has basically the same stuff + some new
>> content that Allan recently put together.
>> No videos for now, since we don't have any ready, but a bunch of
>> screenshots, some info, a faq and ways to try it. We can add more
>> stuff, or refocus the page if needed later.
>> Should be pretty ready to launch.
>> - Andreas
>
> Thanks for all your work on this, Andreas. The site is looking really
> nice.
>
> One topic that I think we need to discuss is the getit.html page [1]
> since, from a marketing perspective, we need to be very careful how we
> present this. I can think of a few issues here:
>
>  * GNOME Shell != GNOME 3. Visually, it's the font, wallpaper, etc, and
> there are all the application improvements too. Do we want to include
> instructions for just trying GNOME Shell on this page, or for trying the
> whole thing? If we go for the former, we should include a statement that
> explains the relationship of GNOME Shell to GNOME 3.
>
>  * How up-to-date is the software made available through the channels
> listed on this page? Do we need to do some quality control to ensure
> that the recommended methods are reasonably up-to-date?
>
>  * The experience these previews provide is going to be sub-standard
> compared with the final 3.0 release, and we need to indicate that to
> users (in big big letters). Instead of 'Try it now', something like
> 'Test the alpha' or 'Technology previews' could work. And we need a big
> 'Alpha Version' or 'Preview Versions' sticker on the page [1], plus some
> text [2] which explains the quality issue.
>
> Best,
>
> Allan
>
> [1] http://www.andreasn.se/diverse/temp/gnome3.org/getit.html
>
> [2] What about: 'GNOME 3 is under active development and will not be
> completed until March 2010. If you are interested in what it will look
> like, want to help with testing, or just cannot wait to give it a go,
> you can use one of the following methods to try a preview version.
> Please be aware that these previews will not provide as good an
> experience as the completed version of GNOME 3, however.'?
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