/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2010/12/26/#ubuntu-tour.txt

TakyojiHas anyone thought of having Ubuntu Tour more "hands-on" whereas instead of screenshots, someone could make a linear recreation of the Ubuntu/GNOME desktop environment, and something step a person through a process of something (a VERY primitive example of what I'm thinking of is like a series of screenshots as imagemaps, with a specific area that's a link to the next screenshot which is of the next step)23:23
TakyojiFor example, like an eyeOS installation rethemed as Ubuntu and with imitations of the standard applications (Firefox, OpenOffice, The GIMP, etc); whereas the pseudo-applications wouldn't be a 100% recreation of the application, just a recreation of the UI steps a person has to do in order to complete a task.23:26
TakyojiI would love if there was a way to have tooltip balloon application to step a person through a real Ubuntu environment; though I'm not sure how practical such a thing would be.23:27
TakyojiWhen I initially heard of Ubuntu Tour, I had a feeling it was going to go something along that line.23:28
MuscovyThat's an interesting idea.23:32
MuscovyThough I'm not sure how practical it would be when the user is at the desktop.23:32
MuscovyIt would be really good as an online precursor to a live boot, though,23:33
TakyojiI was intending on doing an implementation myself; all web-based most likely; since it's REALLY easy to imitate standard user interface widgets with a little XHTML/CSS23:33
TakyojiI was also thinking that since it would be online, a person wouldn't have to install anything; AND a person could actually try the layout of Ubuntu a little with the guides out of curiosity without having to go get a LiveCD and modify their BIOS boot priority settings, etc.23:34
TakyojiBut also having some of the content for Windows as well; so a person could learn how to do things on Windows, and then also curiously learn Ubuntu as well.23:35
Takyoji(as a potential lead-in)23:35
MuscovyOne thing the tour lacks is explanations for people new to computers all together.23:35
Takyojiand that's what I want one of the goals to be23:35
TakyojiIs for it to be someone completely new to a computer and understand standard user interface concepts and so on23:36
TakyojiI have my mother as a test guinea pig; I've found some papercuts through observing my mother's usage of Ubuntu.23:36
MuscovyHow much computer experience did she have previously?23:37
MuscovyIn the next few months my grandmother is getting a computer, probably Ubuntu.23:38
MuscovySo I've been taking a look at explaining to a beginner.23:38
MuscovyI'm used to thinking about teaching someone who's used WIndows for ~8 years and took a few to understand it.23:39
TakyojiHer past computer experience was on XP, Win98, Win95; primarily email, but more recently more social networking and web browsing.23:50
TakyojiShe's still trying to grasp the full concept of copy-paste yet.23:51
Takyojifor copying files off a camera23:51
Takyoji(rather than dumping them in F-Spot, which seems to convolute the process a little)23:52
MuscovyMy mom's biggest problem is that she perceived everything as completely different.23:55
MuscovySo she basically had to re-learn things like file management.23:56
MuscovyBecause she didn't really understand what her clicks meant.23:56

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