From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leo Famulari Subject: Re: Guix website Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 16:23:30 -0500 Message-ID: <20160101212330.GB11284@jasmine> References: <20151230111841.GA12100@thebird.nl> <20151231174244.GA13890@jasmine> <87d1tll4aj.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39638) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aF7Af-0008Qt-OK for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2016 16:23:38 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aF7Ac-000146-7a for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2016 16:23:37 -0500 Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.28]:55315) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aF7Ac-00013W-3J for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2016 16:23:34 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87d1tll4aj.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Ludovic =?iso-8859-1?Q?Court=E8s?= Cc: "guix-devel@gnu.org" On Fri, Jan 01, 2016 at 04:15:16PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Leo Famulari skribis: > > > Some of the video-recorded presentations have been a very nice > > introduction. Perhaps we could embed one on the home-page. If we do > > that, I could help transcribe it, with the slides embedded, to increase > > accessibility. > > There’s already a video on the home page. :-) I wonder if we should > switch to a newer talk, such as . Haha, I guess I never scroll down. Everything I need is "above the fold". > > That said, probably few people bother watching a 45mn video “just to get > a feel.” So it may be that we still need to improve the web site’s > message. Yes, I personally hate watching videos and listening to podcasts. I only do it when there is no transcript and I am on a long bus or train ride and can't concentrate on working. I personally found that video to be a very good explanation of the problems addressed by Guix and the solutions offered. As well as the newer video you mentioned. A transcript next to slides [0] can be read in less time than 45 minutes. It can also be skimmed, searched, and anchor-linked. That wouldn't be a perfect solution but it could be done "almost now". A number of the ...unusual questions people have asked about Guix demonstrate a near total lack of knowledge about the project's goals and design. We need an overview like that provided by the videos. The manual is more of a "how-to". I also liked some blog posts by Andy Wingo and Christopher Allan Webber, although those posts don't explain "the whole picture". [0] I like this format, with bigger pictures: http://idlewords.com/talks/website_obesity.htm > > Ludo’.