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      GeekBone @Pulsar33
      last edited by 8 Jan 2022, 18:48

      @pulsar33 Thanks for the reply... and no, I figured out Libertine just fine, but my post was made in the Marketing Incubator section and is a suggestion for promoting the OS. I have always loved digging in and learning about things so this OS is right up my alley.

      I have loaded Ubuntu Touch onto several N5s and have given them to family members and friends. I have no where to direct them to get more information on Touch than here. If they knos nothing about linux, Ubuntu or Touch then coming here should be helpful. I am just saying, if you looked at this sight as someone who knows nothing about any of this, they would probably move on and not bother as it is overwhelming.

      All I am suggesting is to provide these new people with a place on the site to go for help/getting started, etc. Keep all the geeky stuff and forums and dev talk. Not suggesting anything changes or goes away. IMO, if you want to promote Touch, you have to have a "safe" place for newbies to come and learn without being intimidated.

      Nexus 5 - UT OTA 21
      Pixel 3a - UT 2023-W13

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        Moem @GeekBone
        last edited by 8 Jan 2022, 18:50

        @geekbone said in Talk to the Non-Geek People:

        All I am suggesting is to provide these new people with a place on the site to go for help/getting started, etc.

        You're not wrong, and in fact people are talking about it and working on it right this very moment! 😍

        Is currently using an Op5t
        Also owns an Op1, a BQ E4.5 and an Xperia X, as well as a BQ tablet and a Pinetab2. Please, someone... make it stop.

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          Lakotaubp @Moem
          last edited by 8 Jan 2022, 18:54

          @moem We have people, good people working on it right now Dr Jones

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            Pulsar33 @GeekBone
            last edited by 8 Jan 2022, 18:59

            @geekbone said in Talk to the Non-Geek People:

            @pulsar33 Thanks for the reply... and no, I figured out Libertine just fine, but my post was made in the Marketing Incubator section and is a suggestion for promoting the OS

            Oh sorry, I better see your point of view now. For me, I can contribute easily on a (this) forum but I've more difficulties to include my work in recent "team tools" that I don't know. This is why I wrote some text as the links I mentionned above (or some others). If someone find them usefull and wants to include them in the official documentation, I would feel happy.

            BR
            Pulsar33

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              thousandtopics @GeekBone
              last edited by thousandtopics 1 Aug 2022, 23:09 8 Jan 2022, 23:08

              @geekbone
              You wan't a non-geek people?

              People don't read. They just check if something works or they dump it.

              Even if you complain too much, do you think I could read a lot of what you wrote?

              Do a video, and I will consider watching it!

              That's how non-geek people are.

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                nero355 @thousandtopics
                last edited by 10 Jan 2022, 17:15

                @geekbone said in Talk to the Non-Geek People:

                I have loaded Ubuntu Touch onto several N5s and have given them to family members and friends. I have no where to direct them to get more information on Touch than here. If they knos nothing about linux, Ubuntu or Touch then coming here should be helpful. I am just saying, if you looked at this sight as someone who knows nothing about any of this, they would probably move on and not bother as it is overwhelming.

                People do the same when you start to talk about something as simple as certain details in a random game so it's something that needs fixing "on the people side" but probably will never be fixed! 😞

                @cliffcoggin said in Talk to the Non-Geek People:

                I have seen those descriptions before and I rapidly get lost the moment terms like runtimes, libraries, userspace, and proprietary brand names are intoduced. I daresay if I was really interested in such things I could learn more, but the truth is that unless I can see them giving an advantage or improvement in the way the phone works I would rather spend my limited time on more useful subjects.

                So learning more about a device you use daily is not worth your time ?!

                Well... sadly... that's how a lot of people think and that's another thing that will probably never change... 😕

                @thousandtopics said in Talk to the Non-Geek People:

                You wan't a non-geek people?

                People don't read. They just check if something works or they dump it.

                Sadly 100% TRUE! 😢

                Do a video, and I will consider watching it!

                That's how non-geek people are.

                Yup! 😐

                THE REASON that I have started to hate YouTube for example over the last couple of years! :face_with_symbols_on_mouth:

                Everyone has become braindead and written Reviews and HowTo articles seem to have disappeared! :pouting_face:

                My phones :

                • BQ Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Phone Edition - Ubuntu Touch 16.04 LTS
                • ZUK Z2 Pro - ZUI Android 8.x
                • Xiaomi Mi 9T - Jolla SailFish 3.4.x Community Build

                P.S. : I am NOT a developer! ;)

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                  cliffcoggin @nero355
                  last edited by 10 Jan 2022, 18:28

                  @nero355 said in Talk to the Non-Geek People:

                  So learning more about a device you use daily is not worth your time ?

                  Apart from the essential knowledge to make the phone do what I want, no it is not. The phone, like my computer, is a tool with a job to do, and time spent learning about it rather than using it is time wasted.

                  I make an analogy with driving. Most people in the western world own and drive a car, but few have any knowledge of the workings of the internal combusion engine, nor do they need to if the car maker has done a thorough job of its design and the writing of its manual.

                  I refer you to the first principle of ergonomics. "Fit the machine to the man, not the man to the machine."

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                    nero355 @cliffcoggin
                    last edited by 10 Jan 2022, 18:34

                    @cliffcoggin said in Talk to the Non-Geek People:

                    Apart from the essential knowledge to make the phone do what I want, no it is not. The phone, like my computer, is a tool with a job to do, and time spent learning about it rather than using it is time wasted.

                    I make an analogy with driving. Most people in the western world own and drive a car, but few have any knowledge of the workings of the internal combusion engine, nor do they need to if the car maker has done a thorough job of its design and the writing of its manual.

                    And that too is what's wrong with the world today! 😉

                    I refer you to the first principle of ergonomics. "Fit the machine to the man, not the man to the machine."

                    I am a big fan of ergonomics but in this case it has nothing to do with the fact that people are unwilling to learn more about the products they daily use! 😉

                    My phones :

                    • BQ Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Phone Edition - Ubuntu Touch 16.04 LTS
                    • ZUK Z2 Pro - ZUI Android 8.x
                    • Xiaomi Mi 9T - Jolla SailFish 3.4.x Community Build

                    P.S. : I am NOT a developer! ;)

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                      GeekBone @nero355
                      last edited by 10 Jan 2022, 20:12

                      @nero355 Again, I will just say that I posted this in the Marketing Incubator forum and it is a suggestion to try and get more people using Touch.

                      I am not suggesting changing anything, just to add some easy to understand/follow instructions for how to use Touch.

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                        Lakotaubp @nero355
                        last edited by 10 Jan 2022, 20:13

                        @nero355 Feel free in your case to fully read up and understand how things work in a complete and total way. Many people don't need or want to. For instance a quick start guide to a product is the most many people need. They pick up more info as they go. That does not mean that they are wrong or lack something by not needing to know all the inside out details. In fact reading that stuff may well put them off. If you enjoy that, great. Many don't.

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                          thousandtopics @nero355
                          last edited by thousandtopics 1 Oct 2022, 21:42 10 Jan 2022, 21:42

                          @nero355 If you don't like youtube, I understand that. You can do
                          Odysee
                          peertube
                          Mastodon
                          Vimeo
                          Invidious
                          Pixelfed
                          . . .there are a lot.
                          En tiktok . . . and the shorter, the better. People doesn't spend to much time unless they pay for it . . . nevermind, they even ignore netflix, and pay for it.

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                            Emphrath
                            last edited by Emphrath 1 Oct 2022, 23:37 10 Jan 2022, 23:36

                            Ok so do we agree here that there could be some sort of tutorial on the website that is almost the first thing you'll see ? A step by step presentation of the os and its core functionalities, with short videos interseded with short text explaining plainly how this all works, let's say, the differences and similarities with what people already know and some how tos organized in a summary, from the installation to, say, taking a screenshot (which I had to browse the forum to learn btw) ? Or is it worth debating because people should somehow "deserve" to be here ? I believe wide adoption IS the goal here, but if some people think the website and its documentation are fine as they stand, and are comprehensive enough, please come forward because I don't see that argument being properly made in that thread. Another hand, we could just start throwing ideas on how we think the ideal welcome page should look like when we try to think like our less tech-savvy relatives.

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                              Keneda @Emphrath
                              last edited by Keneda 1 Oct 2022, 23:49 10 Jan 2022, 23:47

                              @emphrath
                              I can't disagree with most of your post.

                              Only one thing : videos on the internet are 70% of all energy it consumes, and that's not good for ecology nor in most case a necessity, simple images with explicit text is enough.

                              And you even don't need to rewind anything when you need to see again something, just scroll back.

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                                GeekBone @Keneda
                                last edited by GeekBone 1 Nov 2022, 00:21 11 Jan 2022, 00:20

                                @keneda Well, the "videos" could be more like a powerpoint presentation and not actual video.

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                                  Emphrath @Keneda
                                  last edited by 11 Jan 2022, 09:40

                                  @keneda @GeekBone Ok I mean yeah this is good too. Schematics and follow-through pics.

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                                    nero355 @Emphrath
                                    last edited by 11 Jan 2022, 17:51

                                    @emphrath said in Talk to the Non-Geek People:

                                    Ok so do we agree here that there could be some sort of tutorial on the website that is almost the first thing you'll see ? A step by step presentation of the os and its core functionalities, with short videos interseded with short text explaining plainly how this all works, let's say, the differences and similarities with what people already know and some how tos organized in a summary, from the installation to, say, taking a screenshot (which I had to browse the forum to learn btw) ?

                                    Both Apple and Google don't offer anything like that so why should Ubuntu Touch ?!

                                    The only thing that I do see beeing usefull :

                                    Instructions shown inside the OS after the first boot like Jolla Sailfish has for example and some Android phones too! 🙂

                                    My phones :

                                    • BQ Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Phone Edition - Ubuntu Touch 16.04 LTS
                                    • ZUK Z2 Pro - ZUI Android 8.x
                                    • Xiaomi Mi 9T - Jolla SailFish 3.4.x Community Build

                                    P.S. : I am NOT a developer! ;)

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                                      AppLee @nero355
                                      last edited by 11 Jan 2022, 19:33

                                      @nero355 said in Talk to the Non-Geek People:

                                      Both Apple and Google don't offer anything like that so why should Ubuntu Touch ?!

                                      Not a real argument. :smirking_face:

                                      Also every proposal is good to consider. We are a community and the needs of the few is important too.
                                      Of course more energy is focused on good things for the many ; but if someone is willing to do the job for a fringe population then it's welcome and the community thanks them.

                                      So thanks for the idea and thanks to the people willing to help in this matter.

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                                        Keneda @nero355
                                        last edited by Keneda 1 Nov 2022, 22:54 11 Jan 2022, 22:51

                                        @nero355 said in Talk to the Non-Geek People:

                                        Both Apple and Google don't offer anything like that so why should Ubuntu Touch ?!

                                        Because Ubuntu Touch community has user in sight, all kind of user, and not all kind of income ^^

                                        We should not look at what is not done by those gafam to act ourself.

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                                          nero355 @Keneda
                                          last edited by 12 Jan 2022, 15:06

                                          @keneda said in Talk to the Non-Geek People:

                                          @nero355 said in Talk to the Non-Geek People:

                                          Both Apple and Google don't offer anything like that so why should Ubuntu Touch ?!

                                          Because Ubuntu Touch community has user in sight, all kind of user, and not all kind of income ^^

                                          We should not look at what is not done by those gafam to act ourself.

                                          True, but still : It's funny when you think about it! 😄

                                          My phones :

                                          • BQ Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Phone Edition - Ubuntu Touch 16.04 LTS
                                          • ZUK Z2 Pro - ZUI Android 8.x
                                          • Xiaomi Mi 9T - Jolla SailFish 3.4.x Community Build

                                          P.S. : I am NOT a developer! ;)

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                                            doniks @Emphrath
                                            last edited by 14 Jan 2022, 07:43

                                            @emphrath said in Talk to the Non-Geek People:

                                            Ok so do we agree here that there could be some sort of tutorial on the website that is almost the first thing you'll see ? A step by step presentation of the os and its core functionalities, with short videos interseded with short text explaining plainly how this all works, let's say, the differences and similarities with what people already know and some how tos organized in a summary, from the installation to, say, taking a screenshot (which I had to browse the forum to learn btw) ?

                                            YES!

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