Feature changed by: Benjamin Misja (alvanx) Feature #312754, revision 3 Title: Let's kick SuSEGreeter, and create a shiny new website instead openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Kim Leyendecker (openlhag) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: See this discussion before reply: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-marketing/2011-07/msg00039.html ======================================================== The goal is to create a start page for our delivered browser instead of SuSEGreeter. Use Case: After an installation, first time the user opens his browser. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: We can deliver more dynamic content with the website, instead of SuSEGreeter. Imagine: * Links to openSUSE documentation * Twitter plugin * News.o.o links * Comprehensive information + Discussion: + #1: Benjamin Misja (alvanx) (2011-08-21 11:18:53) + Sounds like a good idea! I'm all for making openSUSE more welcoming, + intuitive and instantly accessible. SUSEGreeter isn't exactly fresh and + dynamic (although it looks respectable). A website might have greater + potential and offer more flexibility. One thing about the discussion + though: Why cookies and polls? That will just make it look like one of + those free-as-in-beer programs that you can only use for free because + you endure regular advertisements. IMO, this should be about a + welcoming first experience - to turn the metaphorical forage into + uncharted territories into a slightly more familiar experience. Polls + will have to be very polite and unobtrusive on that front page in order + to not make openSUSE look trashy. Also, I would keep in mind that these + polls will only be useful and meaningful if there is 1. a purpose + behind them (which I can't see so far) and 2. somebody will organize + and utilize them toward that purpose. As far as contents go, + SuSEGreeter is stingy. It will be very useful for anyone with Linux + experience who already knows the basics and is not afraid of asking for + help in forums. But the few links will not help anyone who is new, but + much more likely scare them away. And here is a useful principle: If + you want to attract new users, the only way is to explain the basics in + a way that somebody who is new to the matter will understand and become + more interested in them, rather than go back to their familiar WinXP. + If you don't do it, you won't get their attention. It's Plato's cave + parable all over: If you don't make this juicy and appealing, take them + by the hand and lead them out into the light, then they'll stay with + what they know, however bad it will be in comparison. The only thing + useful for new users so far is probably the KDE4 tour, though it is not + set up in the most accessible way (much text, little visuals). What I + think should be on this website is maybe a few links and boxes in the + corners with the contents that SuSeGreeter offers so far. They are + useful, but they are not what will really introduce you to a Linux + experience. What we really need is professional-quality video (or even + better, interactive) tours of different aspects, including a tour of + your desktop, but also a tour to installing new software, security and + how the file system works. This is what your average new user will + really be interested in, and these items should take up the center + space. + Example? When Google+ came out, I really wasn't interested in another + social network. But when I tried the interactive tour + (http://plus.google.com/up/start/) , I discovered it was so much fun + that my mouth watered to try it! Now I am a happy user. What a + successful introduction to a product! And this is exactly what we need + for our favorite Linux distro. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312754