[General] Screenshots up

[Mimi Yin]

Hi,

I've fixed the 404 error on: http://chandlerproject.org/pub/Projects/ 
Features/Hub_TT.png

I've also tried to put the labels a bit closer to the UI element  
they're describing. Heikki, are there particular ones that are  
especially confusing to you? I'd like to avoid adding more visual  
elements to the screenshots if possible.

As for terminology and more explanation, I think we start to wander  
into Get Started Guide and Demo territory. Another option would be to  
keep the screenshots to the simple full-screen images and leave the  
callouts to the Guide, basically not have the agglomerated views.

Mimi

Begin forwarded message:

> From: D John Anderson <john at osafoundation.org>
> Date: August 16, 2007 2:12:49 PM PDT
> To: Mimi Yin <mimi at osafoundation.org>
> Cc: general <general at osafoundation.org>
> Subject: Re: [General] Screenshots up
>
>
> On Aug 16, 2007, at 1:31 PM, Mimi Yin wrote:
>
>> I have added Screenshots to the Features page: http:// 
>> chandlerproject.org/Projects/Features
>>
>> Please review.
>>
>> In particular:
>> + What's missing that should be highlighted.
>> + Typos and mistakes?
>> + Are the agglomerated view too overwhelming?
>
> I assume that the agglomerated views are the images to the right of  
> the screen shots. If so, yes, they are a bit overwhelming.
>
> There are too many points illustrated, each without enough  
> explanation and too much Chandler-specific jargon, e.g. Triage,  
> Mark-up bar, that beginners won't understand.
>
> I suspect breaking it into more topics/screen shots, each with more  
> information in callouts would help.
>
> Also, it would be nice if the average advanced computer user could  
> go to the page, noodle around for 3 minutes and come away with a  
> better high-level understanding of what Chandler does. Right now,  
> the whole page is a little dense, without enough context, and with  
> a little too much information that people will have a hard time  
> figuring out, -- e.g. "Navigate the calendar with the Mini- 
> Calendar", "Collaborate with Chandler Hub", and "Simplified Triage  
> Table", won't mean much to most people.
>
>>
>> I also considered doing a Flickr slideshow of the close-up shots.  
>> I may try that if I end up with extra time :)
>>
>>
>> Mimi
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Begin forwarded message:

> From: Heikki Toivonen <heikki at osafoundation.org>
> Date: August 16, 2007 2:08:51 PM PDT
> Cc: general <general at osafoundation.org>
> Subject: Re: [General] Screenshots up
>
> Mimi Yin wrote:
>> I have added Screenshots to the Features page:
>> http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/Features
>
> 1. (Maybe this is still work in progress but I'm mentioning anyway.) I
> think this is the wrong place for screenshots. When I come to a new
> project page I scan for the screenshots link in this order: any
> thumbnail that looks like a screenshot, text that says screenshot. On
> chandlerproject.org the image that looks like it will screenshots  
> leads
> to Chandler user guide TOC.
>
> 2. The blurbs on
> http://chandlerproject.org/pub/Projects/Features/ 
> Scrn_Agglomeration.png
> are confusing, and I have a hard time connecting the blurbs to the
> actual piece of UI they are describing. I'd suggesting circling the
> feature and connecting that with a line to the blurb.
>
> 3. 404 error on http://chandlerproject.org/pub/Projects/Features/ 
> Hub-TT.png
>
> -- 
>   Heikki Toivonen
>
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