[haiku] Re: Topics for tutorial videos
- From: "Ben Allen" <ben.allen@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:15:43 -0600
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 2:46 AM, <steve_shepherd@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm looking into the idea of putting together a series of tutorial videos for
> Haiku. What kind of topics would you like to see addressed in this series?
> More to the point, what do you think would be useful for an end-user
> experiencing Haiku/BeOS for the first time?
>
> This idea was only just suggested to me in the IRC channel tonight, so your
> suggestions are welcome.
>
> Cheers,
>
> - Steve
>
Personally, I think it would be helpful for new users if there were a
series of short (30-60 seconds) videos that walk through the process
of performing simple setup operations, such as connecting to a
wireless network or setting up a printer. IMHO, trying out a new
system is less intimidating if I can watch somebody doing the same
things that I'm trying to do, and a short video can be more helpful
than a page or two of documentation. Plus, the shorter the video is,
the less complicated the task seems. Using short videos, you could
almost make a "video wiki" of sorts as documentation for new users,
where each setup task has its own video clip and information page.
Regarding the comments about targeting youtube: don't forget to use
extreme close-ups for shots of the screen on videos intended for
youtube distribution. I have been disappointed by countless
tutorial/demo videos in the past that had been mangled so much by
youtube's compression system that all text (and most smaller
graphics/icons) were absolutely unrecognizable.
-Ben
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