I keep doing that... forgetting to hit reply-all, let's try again: Here's a thought. What about a dialog "welcome" box for the first users. (have a check box to go away forever)
Then have links or info on how to use Gnome 3? Maybe a video giving a quick tutorial? Tips of the day? Then it eliminates the need to "google" for anything. On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Micah Carrick <mi...@greentackle.com> wrote: > I'll give you a quick answer to that... > > When we first switch to GNOME 3, many of us did not realize we were not > upgrading, but switching to a completely new beast. I actually had to take a > day off work to comb the internet learning about what's going on and why (we > aren't all in the loop with GNOME Journal and Planet GNOME and the like). > GNOME 3 is a radical shift away from what we are used to. > > So we do a few Google searches and we find a much larger percentage of > un-resolved complaints and the same ones over and over. It gives the > impression the the core team has not answered (which of course is not the > case) or does not care about what *we* think (we being the existing > user-base and "power users"). It can be difficult to navigate through the > GNOME Wiki. > > The point I am making is that while this list has answered some of these > same questions and complaints over and over and over--the unanswered posts > and blogs seem to drown out the answers. There is a lot of information to > sort through. I think some more work can be done on FAQ and that the > marketing could do more to reach out to existing GNOME user-base. > > > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 10:36 AM, G. Michael Carter > <mi...@carterfamily.ca>wrote: > >> >> >> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Denys Vlasenko <dvlas...@redhat.com>wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 13:25 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: >>> > On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 19:22 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: >>> > > On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 13:03 -0400, G. Michael Carter wrote: >>> > > > When F15 is release we should put this DL on auto-reply. So many >>> of >>> > > > these "I don't like Gnome 3" e-mails and they all end the same way. >>> > > Does it ring some sort of bell when you receive 'many "I don't like >>> > > Gnome 3" e-mails'? The key word is "many". >>> > > > I've seen the lack of a menu come up so many times >>> > > What does it tell to a developer when he sees the same complaint >>> > > coming up again and again? >>> > >>> >> >> Means we're only seeing part of the story? How many people are >> complaining on this list because they like Gnome 3? There are just as many >> people who like the current layout. The fact it keeps coming up again and >> again means people just can't let go or are close minded? >> >> >>> > That some user's don't read the documentation? That's is half a joke, >>> > and half serious. >>> >>> Wrong. >>> >> >> Well right, in my opinion, as far as the don't read. This discussion is >> in the archives of this list many many times. Why does it have to come up >> again? [?] >> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnome-shell-list mailing list >>> gnome-shell-list@gnome.org >>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list >>> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnome-shell-list mailing list >> gnome-shell-list@gnome.org >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list >> >> > > > -- > *Green Tackle* - *Environmentally Friendly Fishing Tackle* > www.GreenTackle.com <http://www.greentackle.com> > > Email: mi...@greentackle.com > Phone: 971.270.2206 > Toll Free: 877.580.9165 > Fax: 503.946.3106 > > >
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