Re: screencasts

Hans Chen <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.events
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Cool! So here's the idea.

The objective is not to teach users how to use activities, but rather to
inform. Here are two examples from Apple and GNOME:
Mac OS X - http://youtu.be/GdHo3bPAGP8
GNOME Shell - http://youtu.be/t4fhsgZbgKk

So for activities, instead of saying what they are etc., I wanted a video
that showed how to use them. Here's my draft for the content (the text is
just temporary to give you an idea):

   - Intro
   - Do you use your computer for multiple activities? Have you noticed how
   messy things can get? (Screen: desktop with many opened application, mouse
   cursor trying to find the right window)
   - Not anymore with KDE Activities
   - Activities allow you to organize your computer activities (Screen:
   Activity Manager)
   - When you need some space for a task, just create a new activity
   (Create new activity, change name of activity)
   - Easily switch between your activities (Switch back to previous
   activity)
   - Customize your activities to fit your current task (Change icon of
   activity, change wallpaper, add widget to desktop)
   - And if you don't need an activity at the moment, simply pause it
   (Pause an activity; for an extra nice touch, pause an activity called
   "Video recording" or something similar and let the screencast "end" after
   clicking it ;)
   - Some outro

My hope with the video is to give users an "aha - that's why I need
activities" feeling. It's pretty much work (especially in my vision, since
I wanted it to be as "professionally" as possible) but I'm sure it's
possible to do.

Well, that's what I had, feel free to comment.

Hans

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 18:32, Ashwin Rajeev <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am interested. You can send me more details.
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Hans Chen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ashwin,
>>
>> I've had some ideas for a screencast of activities (in Plasma Desktop)
>> for a long time, but never found the time to realize it. Does that sound
>> interesting to you? I would be glad to share my thoughts if you want to
>> hear them.
>>
>> With best regards,
>> Hans Chen
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 17:13, Ashwin Rajeev <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>    I am Ashwin Rajeev ,CS student from India.
>>>    i am interested in creating screencast. If any of your apps need some
>>> screencast you can contact me
>>>
>>>
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