Bug#1101517: Improve usability for new users

I agree with him
Kai D Leo

@maswedahmed

On Sat, Mar 29, 2025, 00:09 mariana neri <[email protected]> wrote:

> Severity: normal
> Package: www.debian.org
>
> X-Debbugs-CC: [email protected]
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm one of the volunteers for the installer usability tests run by Tassia
> and
> her team last year, and I'd like to follow up on some of the issues we
> identified on the website.
>
> We'd like the website to give more guidance for newcomers, to help
> a user that has never used Debian to be able to find the live image, test
> it,
> and have some guidance of what to do to have an installed system.
>
> In my experience, I first used the Download button, but one I had the iso
> file
> in my machine I had no idea of what to do with that file.
>
> It took me a while to find the session to "Try Debian live before
> installing",
> and once I did so, I got distracted by following the Callamares Installer
> link,
> which is did not help me further with the installation process.
>
> The different links available for live images are not informative enough,
> since
> a newbie might not know what Gnome, Xfce, KDE mean.
>
> In summary, here is what I consider would improve new users experience:
>
> 1. Make it easy to spot the live image, ideally in the main page. Or maybe
> guide
> the user to find the image they need. A more experience user would
> probably make
> their way to find a netinst iso easier than a newbie to find a live image.
>
> 2. Add "How to Install" to the main page. This should include the steps to
> write
> the iso to the USB, maybe change the boot options, etc.
>
> If you agree that more visuals would be helpful, I volunteer to create
> them,
> since I have experience with graphic design and UX/UI. A good example IMHO
> is
> the Tails website [1], where they visually describe the needed pieces then
> a
> step-by-step to use their system.
>
> Thanks for considering,
>
> Mariana.
>
> [1] https://tails.net/install/windows/index.en.html
>
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> MARIANA NERI
> www.mariananeri.com
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