John, On 2013-01-12, at 18:16, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote:
> That's not really a simplification. Worse, I think that if you call it that > then people will think that they're web forums, and we have enough trouble > with nabble users who don't understand that they're using a web interface to > a mailing list. How about 'email discussion forums'? And also, wouldn't they realise that it's all email-based immediately on hitting the wiki page? I can definitely tweak the wiki page a bit to make that obvious to non-techies. > The problem with people emailing you directly comes from including your > direct email in the manuals. We fixed that a few months ago, but it will take > a long time for the newly-released manuals to achieve wide enough > distribution. Changing the website won't fix that, unfortunately. My email is still in the docs as of the latest commit I pulled. But that's ok--I'll submit a patch soon to remove it. I understand that getting the updates into releases is slow. Hoping the website changes can help with that. > How about a section on the main web page between "Feature Highlights" and > "News" titled "Need Help?" that emphasizes reading the Concept Guide and > suggests our large, friendly community on the user's mailing list and > mentions that it's available on the web via nabble? Definitely. 'Need help?' is clear and obvious. I'll see what I can do on that. > It could even warn them about the foul-tempered developers in the devel-list > dungeon waiting to devour innocent noobs who wander in by mistake. ;-) Ah, some might take that as an invitation--a challenge, even :-) Best, Yawar _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
