[TYPO3-UG US] ... from New York

[John Voor]

Both of you are right on - I love Typo3, done several sites with it that the 
users are happy with - but opnly after I have allayed the fear that they 
have when they are presented with the Euro date, missplings, random German 
feilds, etc.


"Dimitri Tarassenko" <mitka at mitka.us> wrote in message 
news:mailman.2774.1128955265.10463.typo3-ug-us at lists.netfielders.de...
> John,
>
> On 10/10/05, John Romano <typo3 at pb.net> wrote:
> [..]
>>   - documentation swiss cheese; i.e.
>>   - mailing list search;
>>   - mailing list usefulness;
>>   - US English?
>
> Ditto on every point. Absolutely.
>
> I think the decision to get rid of mailing list on typo3.org was a
> HUGE mistake. Instead of just dropping everything they should've at
> least implemented some form of linking to the pipermail archives at
> http://lists.netfielders.de/pipermail/typo3-english/. Of course, here
> we come to another shortcoming - the Archive only goes back to Jan
> 2005.... Oh well...
>
> As far as US English is concerned - I am not a native speaker myself,
> but I guess that if even I can see problems with it, it really is an
> issue. I think the marketing efforts in US should be focused first on
> fixing the documentation and UI rather than writing another bunch of
> press-releases and case studies. There are literally thousands of
> websites showcased at typo3.org - how many more case studies and
> samples does one need?
>
> If we are to market to consultancies/freelancers, let's not forget
> that _documentation_ is probably the easiest way to reach that
> audience - they typically skip the hype.
>
> Oh, and QuickStart monster with <font>s, frames, "Trainers" and soccer
> referred to as "football" should be banned in US. Forever. Actually,
> the rest of the world would benefit from a ban, too. QuickStart is
> probably the first thing a typical newbie does when trying out TYPO3,
> and no wonder a lot of people are not so impressed.
> (http://www.cmswatch.com/Trends/416-Learning-about-content-management-with-Typo3)
>
> So, how about as a marketing plan in US we
>
> a) fix the language in user documentation and UI
> b) build a new and proper Quickstart (CSS/XHTML based and featuring a
> baseball team;)
> c) .. then, and only then start building new websites that replicate a
> lot of what's already done at typo3.org (Euro-English or not).
>
> --
> Dimitri Tarassenko
>