Call for agenda for Workstation WG meeting 2015-Sep-16

Paul W. Frields stickster at gmail.com
Wed Sep 16 13:33:30 UTC 2015


On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 09:31:51AM -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 08:57:36AM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 10:29:54PM -0400, Paul Frields wrote:
> > > I heartily apologize for this email being way too late, since I like
> > > to circulate a call for agenda a few days ahead of the meeting. I'm
> > > having a hard time finding what we need to decide in a WG meeting this
> > > week.
> > 
> > I mentioned this to Paul in IRC, but worth throwing up here too -- we
> > got this (misplaced, but understandably so) bug report requesting more
> > emphasis/explanation be given for the netinstall image. 
> > 
> > <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1263565>
> > 
> > It's KDE-focused, but could apply to Workstation as well. It's mostly a
> > websites request, but it seems like the kind of request which should be
> > either supported or decided against for $REASONS by the WG first.
> 
> Having spent quite some time with folks who worked on the website
> redesign, I recall that the netinstalls are set up to be visible, but
> not in a way that confuses users to think they *should* opt for them.
> It's hard to tell whether a prominent explanation would undo that
> design.  I think Mo hangs out on this list so hopefully she can help
> us focus on solving the right problem here.
> 
> Also, since no netinstall link exists on spin sites, this probably
> makes them harder to find.  I sent a note to Websites to get some
> design input on that particular issue, since the designers usually
> hang out there:
> 
> <https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/websites/2015-September/013168.html>

Sorry to reply to myself -- I also meant to note, without a clear
question to decide, this doesn't seem in itself like a reason to hold
the WG meeting, although we certainly should keep discussing here.

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