Responding to some comments that were received off-list:
> As a new user who's daunted by the amount of time it takes to read the > documentation for new tools, it sounds like a good idea to me ! > I highly recommend the three-minute tour at <http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/ProductTour>. IMO there's only one key point missing from an otherwise excellent tour: • mid-tour, an e-mail is sent from Chandler • the tour takes us neatly away from Chandler Desktop, to Mail in Mac OS X • missing: a hint that mail sent from Chandler does NOT appear in the Sent area of Mail. At that point: if the speaker adds an explanation, that Chandler Desktop communication with IMAP servers is one way only — that Chandler can not write to the Sent mailbox of a server — then the newcomer will not expect too much from e-mail in Chandler. Let's not be afraid to use the word "IMAP" in the speech. It will either (a) mean something to the listener, or (b) encourage the listener to look to a relevant page in Chandler wiki or wherever. In any case, hearing "one-way" will plant a realistic expectation, of some sort, in the mind of the newcomer. Note to self: <http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/GetStarted> refers to work in progress <http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/MoreChandlerBasics>, whatever we do with the current welcome page and spin-offs should be harmonious with this work in progress. > I suspect Lightning/Sunbird are Mac programs. Perhaps it would be best to > identify them as such. It may also be that Outook 2007 references are also > to the Mac program only or exclude Outlook 2003, etc. It would save > futile attempts to use these programs if those using them successfully > would specify which work. > Broadly speaking, my intentions are: 1. primarily: make the 'Welcome to Chandler' concise, friendly, highly focused on Chandler, link to the product tour 2. include a very simple graphic that shows Chandler Hub at the centre of things (use recognisable product icons), emphasise the excellent communication between Chandler Hub and Chandler Desktops. 3. secondarily and *very* briefly: for existing users of CalDAV clients other than Chandler Desktop, offer links to pages where users of those applications can learn to use them with Chandler Hub 4. simply link to maybe two or three separate pages for existing users of Google Calendar beta (it's a CalDAV server, and more, but without support for tasks/to-dos, and it's not a CalDAV client) 5. link to pages for existing users of iCalendar clients (e.g. old Apple iCal 2) which can do no more than subscribe to publications from Chandler Hub 6. link to <http://caldav.calconnect.org/implementations/clients.html>. Think of 3, 4, 5 and 6 as products of 2. Think of the things surrounding Chandler Hub as the fizzes, creating blue bubbles in Chandler Desktop. The fizz and blue bubbles idea is beyond what we want in a brief welcome :) but it's fun to think about... -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Welcome-to-Chandler%3A-breaking-the-long-page-into-more-welcoming-chunks-tp2962767p2970869.html Sent from the Chandler users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list unsubscribe here: http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/chandler-users Chandler wiki: http://chandlerproject.org/wikihome
