more, Ubiquity Slideshow for Ubuntu

[Dougie Richardson]

Hi,

2009/6/15 mac_v <drkvi-a at yahoo.com>:
> Something Like a "Familiarize yourself to Ubuntu" menu item in the
> System menu:

If the user is having difficulties finding their way around the menu
structure then they are unlikely to look under System for a guide.
Would that not be better suited to an icon on the desktop?  After all
the circumstance we're discussing is a new user presented with a clean
desktop wanting to know what to do next - is an icon on the desktop
saying something like "New to Ubuntu? Start here!" not more intuitive?

> 1: User chooses which system they have used previously[Windows/Apple],
> then Slideshow becomes more specific to showing the basic differences ,
> similar software locations.
> Including a glossary of the terms from the other OS matching them to
> UBUNTU, in case the user doesnt have the patience to go through the
> slideshow again

This to some degree already exists in the now abandoned switching from
Windows guide.  Feedback would suggest that this information wasn't as
asked for as we thought it was, which makes me wonder if the problem
with new users isn't one of interface design rather than
documentation.  A UI should offer affordance, which if new users are
struggling to find things isn't being provided.

> To sum up the slideshow needs to the first thing the user is greeted
> with in the new system, *so that even a non-technical user can install*
> and *start using the fresh system with no help whatsoever* .

I'm still unclear as to internationalisation.  How do we propose to
handle translating this, especially as it is expanding to cover
information from other operating systems.

-- 
Regards,

Dougie Richardson
http://www.lynxworks.eu/
dougierichardson at ubuntu.com