[General] User questions

[Pieter Hartsook]

On 7/14/06, Mike Taylor <bear at code-bear.com> wrote:

 > I can see the value of a "clearly marked" venue for support stuff.
> > I"m still not sure we really have enough traffic to justify it.
>
> My fear is that if we create a -user list too soon it will languish and
> the support people (i.e. the devs will ignore it as yet-another-list)
> and the power-users will continue to use -dev.
>
> In the past the criteria I've seen used for creating a -user list is
> when a public beta is announced - that way you avoid the sudden surge of traffic on -dev.
>

I'd suggest we plan to have a -user or -help list when we introduce
the dashboard UI in alpha4. If the traffic is light in the beginning
that will give us time to shake out the kinks.

Pieter