I have a better idea , why don't put one online editor on fedora web site Something like this : http://www.pixlr.com/editor/ 2010/7/16 Máirín Duffy <duffy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hi Ian! > > On Fri, 2010-07-16 at 08:21 -0700, Ian MacGregor wrote: >> I'm happy, no excited to be a part of the new fp.o website and have >> come up with some ideas for tutorials: >> >> * Agave tutorial - creating color schemes with agave >> * Crontab tutorial - creating a cronjob >> * Desktop launcher tutorial - creating a desktop launcher >> * GIMP tutorial - creating custom desktop wallpapers >> * Gnote tutorial - using the gnote app >> >> I can write most of these as I use all of these apps, and I have >> taught a class on crontab recently. I'm submitting these for feedback. >> What does everyone think? > > This is a great start! I think we should be looking to produce tutorials > on how-to do things posed in terms of the user's life rather than the > technology, which is really the only critique I have of your list. For > example, here's a stab at how these might be posed better to reflect a > site visitor's POV: > > - How to build beautiful color palettes for your home and wardrobe > (Agave) > > - Automatically upload your files to a backup drive every week > (crontab) > > - Access your favorite app with one click > (desktop launcher) > > - Decorate your desktop with family photos > (Gimp tutorial) > > - Get organized and build a personal database > (Gnote) > > > Out of these, though, I think crontab and desktop launcher stand out to > me as maybe not being the best for beginning users. Crontab is not > really for the faint of heart (I have an RHCT and I still prefer GUI > apps to interacting with crontab on the desktop - I only crontab on the > servers I admin). The desktop launcher I think, is kind of difficult to > pose in terms of something the user can accomplish - I think it's too > implementation/desktop specific. > > One tutorial you forgot from the list is turning your friends into the > Hulk with cheese. I think that could replace the crontab one quite well. > I would suggest maybe coming up with a different idea to replace the > desktop launcher one as well, unless you can think of a strong user > story behind it. > > ~m > > _______________________________________________ > design-team mailing list > design-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team > -- My sites: http://catalin-festila.blogspot.com -about me http://tv.free-tutorials.org - video tutorials http://python-catalin.blogspot.com - my python blog _______________________________________________ design-team mailing list design-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team
