On 11/09/2010 10:25 AM, dilly dobbs wrote: > Fair enough, but the simple fact is that the interface needs to be > changed so that they can reclaim more of the sign ups to the grid. The > last numbers i have read on the learning curve is something like 70% > of the users that sign up leave because they have troubles with the > interface. And we must also consider that this is a business and LL > needs to make good to keep the grid alive. I'm afraid that figure is no better than flipping a coin. The fact is none of us has any trustworthy figures on why most of the 9000-13000 new signups each day don't log in the first time, or don't stay.
The fact is that when a new user decides - for whatever reason - that SL is not for them, they log out, and none of us are likely to ever find out why. The UI could be responsible for 99% of those, or 1% of those, and we don't have any information to indicate how much of a showstopper it is. When you read various responses to "Hey, have any of you tried this Second Life thing?" there's usually quite a number of responses from people who did and gave up. Hardly any of them mention the UI as the problem that they had with it. Linden Lab has done studies and focus groups, apparently, so *they* might have better data than we do, but saying that the interface needs to be changed isn't necessarily any more accurate than suggesting that SL needs openid. Might be true. Might not be true. On what data do we base it, and if the UI *does* need to be changed, what changes will make things better and which ones will make things worse? The simple fact is that we don't know. If Linden Lab has better data that they're willing to share, of course, that would be *awesome*. -- Tateru Nino http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/ _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
