2010/11/10 Jim Henderson <hendersj@gmail.com>:
On Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:13:41 +0100, Per Jessen wrote:
I strongly disagree with that,isn't that why forums exist? To help the unexperienced user?
Fora are there because some people prefer that style of interface. For some reason it does appear to be particularly attractive to less experienced users.
I think what Kostas is talking about is not "fora" like the openSUSE Forums, but rather "online discussion venues", whether they be web-based forums, newsgroups, mailing lists, etc. IOW, I think he's talking in a more generic sense.
You got me right,although I confess I was not clear enough at what I said
Building on what I wrote a couple minutes ago, I would see "providing community support venues" as a part of the definition of "usable" in the broader sense of the proposed mission statement. I would also probably include end-user training (formal and informal) as part of what helps us meet that goal of being "usable".
Jim
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Now unfortunately I signed in late int that list, (a few days ago) and I lost most of the discussion about the Strategy but I would like to tell what are some the words we should focus under my opinion and the word we should not,better late than never... I know that it is off topic and if you like ignore it. I believe we should focus on the words Freedom,Community, Leadership, Global and the phrase "openSUSE Project for freedom" The words on the other hand we should avoid like hell is User-friendly(for what kind of user is friendly?are we all of the same level and the same type of users?) and innovation (when ever I hear it I think of people try to convince me that making my life hard is blessing). Especially if you are an ambassador and you try to convince average users to change distribution those are very tricky words,I once made a Fedora ambassador very sorry for bringing those words up. Kostas "Warlordfff" Koudaras -- http://opensuse.gr http://amb.opensuse.gr http://warlordfff.tk me I am not me ------- Time travel is possible, you just need to know the right aliens I gave exams for God , but I failed in miracles -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org