On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Donald Whytock <dwhyt...@apache.org> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > >> Another approach would be via a feed that is loaded by AOO itself at >> first load. Many products have something like that, a tips dialog >> that gives a new tip every time the product starts, or once a week or >> something. >> > > I would recommend against having the product dependent on making an > internet connection on startup. That might interfere with people who work > offline or have iffy connections. > > But a lot of products have a pop-up on startup with tips, which I assume > are packaged with the product. That can be made optional, it can cycle > through tips or select from them randomly, it can allow the users to page > through the tips if they want, and you can make the tip file a periodic > mini-update without requiring an entire release. >
That makes sense. For new users we know in advance the kind of info that would be interesting to them. We can prepare that in advance, translate, etc. And one of the tips could be to sign up for the announcement mailing list. Bonus points if we can tell that a user is really new versus an upgraded user. For an upgraded user we might skip the general new user tips and go directly to tips related to new features. > This wouldn't necessarily preclude an email tip, but the email tips can be > ones that are new to everyone, and might eventually be added to the tip > file. (ooo-tips@ ?) > Could even include users sending in their own tips. We'd just need to agree on a format, such as maximum length. Regards, -Rob > Don --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
