Le mardi 24 juillet 2007 à 21:16 +0200, Roman Antensteiner a écrit : > While I agree, it's not that difficult to understand - a friend and I > both had exactly the same problems setting things up. > > After you go through the installation process, you kind of assume that > you are getting registered, unless you read the small print carefully. > It would be nice if it was really clear that you are giving the > information to connect to an existing account, and not registering a new > one. I know it's there, but it should be shorter and clearer. Most > people don't read those things, and very likely you won't either. You > assume certain things. When I get asked for my full name, then username > and password - I assume I'm getting registered. Because I have never > encountered a log-in so far that asked me for anything besides Username > and Password. I wouldn't even point that out if my friend didn't fall > for the same fallacy a day later. I would suggest a short line like "If > you do NOT have an Ekiga Account yet, click HERE to register" Above the > fields where you enter your user information. > > Secondly, I believe I had to go into the Account settings to adjust the > settings after registration. They weren't set correctly by the druid. > And If someone, like me, never used SIP VOIP services, you cannot > possibly know what a "Registrar" Is supposed to be. After you have > registered it should say clearly what goes where in the account > settings. >
For the 3.0 version registration will do in Ekiga. No more web interface necessary. > I am usually not nearly as picky with any other program, but since the > purpose of this program is to communicate with people, I want to be able > to tell my friends to install and register, without having to provide > them with the necessary information about SIP services. > > Also, a test call should be implemented. I've read on a couple of sites > "I've tried the ekiga test call..." But I couldn't find the address. > Anyway, it should be in the contacts by default. It's rather tedious to > find out if the audio settings are correct by calling someone. > The test number is sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I hope it will be integrated into Ekiga too. Your suggestion seems a good idea to me. Regards, Yannick > I know this is a lot of criticism for one post. Please don't take it the > wrong way. I'm very excited that there is a native VOIP client for > gnome, and I had less trouble with it so far then I did with Open Wengo. > But the points I've listed are really mundane, and would make a big > difference in my opinion. > > thanks for your time, > Roman A. > > _______________________________________________ > ekiga-list mailing list > ekiga-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list > -- Me joindre en téléphonie IP / vidéoconférence ? sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Logiciel de VoIP Ekiga : http://www.ekiga.org http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Which_programs_work_with_Ekiga_%3F _______________________________________________ ekiga-list mailing list ekiga-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list
