thoughts on habariproject.org Web site

[Andy C]

The recent overhaul of the Habari site was a big improvement and looks
stylish, polished and professional now.

However, I think potential new Habari users would be immediately
alienated by this statement:

'We've created a few screencasts for you to get a better
appreciation of the software in action,'

because when you click the link, you find that 'we' haven't created
any screenshots at all. Zero. Nada. Nil. Nothing. Apart from the
installation one that the reader has just presumably viewed.

Until we do have more screencasts available, can't we simply link to
Owen's demo of the Flickr silo. Although it may be 'quick and
unrehearsed', I still think the screencast is brilliant (and his voice
is very professional sounding) and the demo does differentiate Habari
and give a tantalising taster (to me at least) of why Habari is
different and would definitiely encourage me to download and try out
the software.

http://asymptomatic.net/2008/01/15/2688/this-is-how-media-should-be-done-habari-style

Also, my English professor would be alienated and appalled by this
fragment.

'however we're also covered you if you're looking for some
screenshots instead.'

This should be reworded urgently as it gives a very amateurish first
impression.

[Blake Johnson]

The only problem with linking Owen's silo demo is that it was done pre-
Monolith. But, I suppose we could link to it until we have some other
content.

--Blake

On Aug 15, 7:34 am, Andy C <andyc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The recent overhaul of the Habari site was a big improvement and looks
> stylish, polished and professional now.
>
> However, I think potential new Habari users would be immediately
> alienated by this statement:
>
>     'We've created a few screencasts for you to get a better
> appreciation of the software in action,'
>
> because when you click the link, you find that 'we' haven't created
> any screenshots at all. Zero. Nada. Nil. Nothing. Apart from the
> installation one that the reader has just presumably viewed.
>
> Until we do have more screencasts available, can't we simply link to
> Owen's demo of the Flickr silo. Although it may be 'quick and
> unrehearsed', I still think the screencast is brilliant (and his voice
> is very professional sounding) and the demo does differentiate Habari
> and give a tantalising taster (to me at least) of why Habari is
> different and would definitiely encourage me to download and try out
> the software.
>

> http://asymptomatic.net/2008/01/15/2688/this-is-how-media-should-be-d...