<html dir="ltr"><head></head><body style="text-align:left; direction:ltr;" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#2e3436" link="#1b6acb" vlink="#2e3436"><div>I would like to suggest a change in the user interface and in documentation.</div><div>Let's start with documentation/manual (the wiki).</div><div>Currently the manual is *software* (buzz word "apps") centered. I think it should be *application* centered, so what can the user do with it. Let me give an example; the topic should e.g. be:</div><div><br></div><div>- Data exchange and synchronisation with other people and devices</div><div> - Locally sharing (Samba)</div><div> - File and Snippet sharing (Bepasty)</div><div> - Calendars and Addressbook (Radicale)</div><div> - Synchronisation (Syncthing)</div><div> - E-book library (Calibre)</div><div> - Software library (GitWeb)</div><div> - BitTorrent (there should be a more generic title, I just have not yet understood what exactly I do with it)</div><div> - Deluge </div><div> - Transmission (1-3 phrases of differences of them)</div><div> - MLDonkey (I never understood what this is either, even Wikipedia could not make it clear to me)</div><div><br></div><div>Each of these items needs a 1-3 phrase explanation ("management summary") of what it does and how it distinguishes from the other "apps". Then a link to the details we already have in the manual.</div><div>So the user who wants to share a file with someone else can immediately find the best app for this application.</div><div><br></div><div>The same could be done for communication (matrix, mail, ICQ, ...), bypassing censorship (Tor, ...) etc.</div><div><br></div><div>The GUI should follow the same scheme, kind of mirror the manual (or vice versa).</div><div><br></div><div>Each app that requires some configuration that is currently done somewhere else (e.g. dns, lets encrypt, ...) should *lead* the user to setting up that app including linking to that configuration.</div><div><br></div><div>So summarizing: What does the user want to do? Take him by the hand and lead him. Forget about software, think user!</div><div><br></div><div>I would like to discuss how others see this approach and if we can agree of implementing it. With regards to the manual/wiki, this should be easy - and of course I am volunteering to work on it.</div><div><br></div><div>PS: Everything that requires terminal interaction should go under "for experienced users".</div><div> Dietmar</div><div><br></div><div>Am Mittwoch, den 25.11.2020, 13:00 +0530 schrieb Joseph Nuthalapati:</div><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><pre>The FreedomBox Foundation is pleased to announce that we will hold our</pre><pre>third consecutive FreedomBox Summit on Friday, December 4th, 2020. This</pre><pre>year, the meeting is fully virtual with participants meeting over video</pre><pre>conference. Invited members of the FreedomBox Core Team will join the</pre><pre>FreedomBox Foundation’s staff for several hours of discussion about our</pre><pre>progress since last year’s Summit and our plans for the year ahead.</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>The full announcement about the 2020 Summit is published on the website</pre><pre>of the FreedomBox Foundation.</pre><a href="https://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/news/summit_2020"><pre>https://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/news/summit_2020</pre></a><pre><br></pre><pre><br></pre><pre>Though we have an idea of what we want to discuss during Session I, we</pre><pre>want community members to have their voices heard. Similar to last</pre><pre>year’s format, we plan on assembling an agenda with your suggestions.</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>In short, our agenda should reflect the most important issues facing the</pre><pre>FreedomBox project as we continue to improve our UI, attract new users,</pre><pre>and expand our hardware sales.</pre><pre><br></pre><pre> - What do you think are the most important challenges facing the</pre><pre>FreedomBox project?</pre><pre> - What should our development priorities be for the upcoming year?</pre><pre> - We want FreedomBox to become a mainstream consumer privacy</pre><pre>solution. What do you think we need to do to get to this point?</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>The Summit is one of the best opportunities to bring your ideas for</pre><pre>FreedomBox into the limelight. Please reply to this email with your</pre><pre>ideas for agenda items for the 2020 Summit and also make sure to join</pre><pre>the Q&A session on 4th December.</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>As always, thank you for being committed members of the FreedomBox</pre><pre>community!</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>_______________________________________________</pre><pre>Freedombox-discuss mailing list</pre><a href="mailto:Freedombox-discuss@alioth-lists.debian.net"><pre>Freedombox-discuss@alioth-lists.debian.net</pre></a><pre><br></pre><a href="https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss"><pre>https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss</pre></a></blockquote></body></html>