Pidgin website - split support from development

[Phil Hannent]

Hi,

Below is an example email which we have been getting a lot of lately.  I 
figured at the weekend that I should put some example screenshots in the 
wiki. 

I was just looking at the site and I would like to make some 
constructive criticism, if I may.

1,  I think that with the number of very simple questions we are getting 
from new users, we would split the support from the development page.  
This might be less intimidating for people to choose.

2,  The FAQ is massive (but logically laid out) and in my experience 
people glaze over large documents.  Could that be split into end user 
and developer FAQ since that again contains a mix of the two?  Seeing 
"Compiling" as a subject on the front screen might put some people off.

3,  I do not think many people read the "Tips for Bug Reports" but I 
cannot see a way of highlighting it more for people other than creating 
a web form with a layout which already has preferred details pre-filled.

<http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/TipsForBugReports>I think Pidgin is an 
excellent example of good user interface design, however we are seeing a 
new class of user that just needs a little hand holding.  There was talk 
a while back about an account setup wizard (or druid is there is a 
patent on setup wizards ;-p ) but I think that would be overkill and a 
feature that would not get tested much before a release.

Regards
Phil Hannent




-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: [Question #37738]: How do I add a windows live account
Date: 	Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:37:04 -0000
From: 	mcneely.brandon <question37738 at answers.launchpad.net>
Reply-To: 	question37738 at answers.launchpad.net
To: 	support at pidgin.im
References: 
<20080707135653.32609.16156.lpquestions at palladium.canonical.com>



Question #37738 on pidgin in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+question/37738

    Status: Answered => Solved

mcneely.brandon confirmed that the question is solved:
Thanks Richard, 
I got it to work by putting @live.com behind my screen name. I wasn't doing that before because on the yahoo account it wouldn't work with the domain name in that field.
Thanks again,
Brandon

-- 
You received this question notification because you are a member of
Pidgin Support, which is an answer contact for pidgin in ubuntu.

_______________________________________________
Support mailing list
Support at pidgin.im
http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support


-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 195 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
URL: <http://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/attachments/20080708/9b5d6ced/attachment.sig>