On 09/22/2011 12:35 AM, Sebastian Oliva wrote:
On 20.09.2011 Kim wrote:
Hello Geeckos!
There were a discussion[1] about kicking SUSEGreeter a few months ago. And yes, it was quite quiet about it until today.
My idea:
creating a site called welcome.opensuse.org, instead of using SuSEgreeter.
SUSEGreeter was very nice in a time where not everyone had an internet connection. In the most countries of the world, an internet connection is standard now.
So, I think SUSEgreeter should be retired. There so many new technologies on the internet, so, why not using a website instead of SUSEGreeter?
The idea:
* Creating a website which is lightweight but still delivers a comprehensive bunch of information, which could be useful for first start.
* Links to openSUSE News, openSUSE´s facebook presence and other SUSE stuff on the internet
* Link to the mailinglist archive
* Download links for additional CDs
* link to SUSE Studio
* links to the most important wiki pages
I´m on the way to create a prototype of such a site and want to ask you if anyone else is interested in it? I´m working a bit with HTML && CSS in the near past and the near future, so it also would help me to get in the stuff ;-)
So, I want to ask for comments and ideas about it.
If there people who are interested in it, don´t be shy and join the project ;-)
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 3:40 PM, James Mason
wrote: I'm really not sold on this idea. SUSEGreeter still has its place, even if its just a shell for the browse to welcome.opensuse.org (or whatever).
But (1) we already have the infrastructure to show SUSEGreeter at the right place at the right time, and (2) a wide-open internet connection isn't universal.
I'd like to see SUSEGreeter evolve, and host some HTML content, and if a network connection is available, pull networked content as well.
My 2¢ - James M
I agree with you, we could autodetect if the user has internet connection, and then show the online version, or if not, show a local static page to greet.
I think we need support from a design and usability perspective. I think we should cc to the -artwork list
Regards, Sebastian
but, how do you detect if the user installed from a magazine provided image, is on an expensive and slow dial up in Timbuktu and really really really doesn't want a load of 'content' at his/her download cost? or, . . . if a static, on hard drive popup (in whatever browser) _offered_ to connect to everything you can think of, then the user has _choice_ [what if this new user is running away from the dark side because, which no choice, s/he is forced to download piles of stuff everyday . . . ] so, i vote for an upgraded, installed, static, greeter with the option to click to broadband, flat rate magic. ymmv DD -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org