[Chandler-dev] Quick 'n Dirty Usability improvements for getting users sharing

[Grant Baillie]

Hi, Mimi

I can't imagine 1 or 3 would be very difficult.

--Grant

On 1 Feb, 2008, at 17:27, Mimi Yin wrote:

> How quickly can we do the following?
>
> 1. Add instructions to the 'account confirmation' page when signing  
> up for a Chandler Hub account explaining how to set up and share in  
> Chandler Desktop.
>
> 2. Automatically generate 2 tickets for all Chandler Hub  
> collections, regardless of where they're created. https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10261
>
> 3. Enable the Share>>Publish menu even if you don't have a sharing  
> account set up and pop-up a dialog re-directing you to set up your  
> Hub account. (I think we had this working before.)
> https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11809
>
> While still not ideal, implementing these 3 relatively simple fixes  
> will greatly improve on the set up process today.
>
> This doesn't address things like:
> + Making it clear to users that they *can* share
> + Making it easy to understand the difference between backing up and  
> syncing your own data and sharing with others
> + Automatically syncing all collections between Desktop and Hub (for  
> yourself)
> + Guiding users through setting up accounts with a wizard
>
> Mimi
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