[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 7 May 2008, Rex C. Eastbourne wrote:
I just created a couple more screencasts. Since they are intended
more for a general audience than for existing LyX users, I copied the
screencasts page from wiki.lyx.org to here, on the main LyX site:
http://www.lyx.org/Screencasts
I think this is an improvement, since a graphic designer I spoke with
said it is a bit jarring to click on a link from the main site that
says "screencasts" and to be taken to a different site with a totally
different look and feel.
Maybe if more screencasts are made as tutorials to LyX users, then we
should have two screencast pages, one for visitors to the site who
want to check out a demo of what LyX is like, and one for existing
LyX users who want to learn specific features. However, as a
temporary measure, to avoid redundancy, maybe the page
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Screencasts should be removed. Any thoughts?
Hi Rex, sorry for answering late.
I notice that the page above is now redirected to VisualTour, which is
ok with me.
As for the wiki page, it fills a different role. The web pages are the
"official" pages, i.e. we should be ensure that they're accurate and
of some reasonable quality. The wiki pages on the other hand are there
to allow non-developers to contribute directly.
So, I think we should keep the wiki page, and link to it from the
official page.
Finally, I think it's a neat idea to separate between "introductory"
screencasts and "advanced" screencasts. If they're in two different
pages, or just under different headings doesn't matter that much to me.
/Christian
Hi Christian,
Thanks for your reply. Just to clarify, do you suggest that we (1) keep
all the screencasts on the www page, (2) choose a few screencasts to
display on lyx.org/VisualTour and link to the rest on the wiki page, or
(3) that we put all the screencasts on the wiki page?
Here are my thoughts on screencasts.
- Screencasts are an important part of introducing people to LyX
- We want to display introductory screencasts prominently, and ideally
don't want to send surfers to a different/less polished site to view them
- We could potentially put finished screencasts on the VisualTour page,
and have a page like http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Screencasts-HowToCreateThem
as a sandbox for anyone who wants to test out new screencasts. (However,
to my knowledge I'm the only person who has been creating screencasts
recently.)
Rex
