[Members] jabber.org website mandate

[Robert B Quattlebaum, Jr.]

On Aug 21, 2006, at 11:14 PM, Ulrich Staudinger wrote:

> Nolan Eakins schrieb:
>> Sorry to knock at your proposed goals, but the focus of any immediate
>> goal should answer and focus on "Who are the site's users, and  
>> what do
>> they want from the site?" Then we'll need to decide on our VIPs  
>> and what
>> they really really want to do.
>>
> I seriously second that.
> A sharp target group is required before we go to implementation  
> details.
>
> Do we want to have
>
> a) more tech savy people ? This includes linux developers, linux  
> users, producers, developers, supporters, gurus, decision makers,  
> professional it people, tech affine people of any age.
> * As information rich as possible
> * As concise as possible
> * As deep information as possible
>
> b) more windows end users ?  This includes grandmas, teens, people  
> at home, pupils at school, non-tech affine people of any age.
> * As little complexity on the site as possible
> * As service and feature rich as necessary
> * As user friendly and usable as possible
>
> c) a mixture of the above ?

I say we target end-users. No need to make "Windows" a part of the  
specification, although end-users would certainly encompass a large  
percentage of the total.

There are two scenarios:

1) A non-jabber user who knows nothing about jabber goes to the site  
to find out what all the fuss is about, and maybe to even get started.

2) A jabber user returns to the site for information related to  
jabber clients, help with getting started, to search conference  
rooms, to add a transport to their account, find out about scheduled  
MUC events, etc.


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