Hello Zenja, Great idea, why not make the haikupedia a part of the distro (it make a lot of sense to first read the network settings configuration before being able to go to the haikupedia website) as as kind of a help system with more info on the Haiku OS, and maybe even make it easy to adjust an article and make it possible to upload it to a haikupedia reviewing board (before replacing the the former article it could replace) with ease. Greetz, Rob -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: openbeos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:openbeos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Namens Zenja Solaja Verzonden: woensdag 20 april 2005 0:41 Aan: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Onderwerp: [openbeos] HaikuPedia / One hour challenge PROBLEM Computers are difficult to use. SCENARIO When Haiku first becomes widely distributable, we can be assured that there will be over 1 million enthusiasts who will want to try the Live CD / distribution (based on R5PE stats). These curious individuals have already tried one of the many Linux/BSD distributions available over the years, and cursed at how difficult said systems were to use, and within a hour or two went straight back to Windows (and repeat the cycle every 6 months). The challenge, therefore, is to answer any question these potential users may have which will pop up during the first hour of usage. Haiku WILL be different from what these curious individuals are used to, so if we can provide a simple '20 top questions' guide, we just might take these users over the 1h threshold. They just might continue tinkering with the system for a week or so, and (as we all know from personal experience) thats how long it will take them to 'get' the system, and fall in love. SOLUTION We need a HaikuPedia, with 2 sections. The first section is the 'Quick start', which will explain the most common questions a new user may have, and the second section is your normal 'user guide'. The HaikuPedia will probably be in HTML format, and it would be great if we can integrate it with BeHappy (http://www.bebits.com/app/430) or similar for search capabilities. So what are the most common questions newbies will have? 1) How do I change screen resolution? 2) How do I adjust my sound settings? 3) How do I mount my other disks? 4) How can I make a program start automatically on powerup? 5) How do I kill a misbehaving application? 6) How do I search my disk for files? 7) In which directory does the 'Desktop' live? 8) How do I change system fonts? 9) How do I configure networking? 10) How can I rearrange all icons to fit a window? 11) How do I kill a misbehaving application? 12) How can I move my Deskbar? How can I add items to it? 13) Why cant I view thumbnails of images stored on NTFS partition? 14) Where can I download applications from? 15) How do I install applications? 16) How do I remove applications? 17) A new driver crashes Haiku - how can I remove it? 18) How do I change settings in the boot manager? 19) How do I change ALT-C/X/V to CTRL-C/X/V 20) Where are my preferences stored? 21) What is the meaning of life, the universe, and everything else? (n) others??? PROPOSAL a) Create a new SVN directory for the HaikuPedia. b) Mirror the contents of these files on the Haiku website (online documentation). c) Provide an email link on the Haiku main page for documentation submissions (from volunteers without SVN access), ie. submit_docs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx d) Have the Creative Design team modify the style of each submitted page so that it adheres to a common standard (style, colour, background pattern, fonts, image borders etc). e) Invite volunteers to submit pages. We need to fill the both sections of the HaikuPedia. f) Distribute the HaikuPedia with Haiku ... z) The HaikuPedia MUST be fun to read. CLOSING COMMENTS It takes roughly a week before new users start sending emails to hardware manufacturers and big software companies asking for OS support. The bean counters in these companies might ignore 100K emails, but they'll definately notice >1M emails. So the challenge is to get these potential users past the 1h hurdle, and closer to the 1 week hurdle (of course, hooking these users for life is also a worthy challenge) Signing off.