[Owncloud] Meeting and priorities for release

[Jan-Christoph Borchardt]

Just quickly relaying the meeting results (attendants: icewind, eliasp,
aqu, jancborchardt)

* better integrate login screen
It shouldn’t be a separated thing but rather just an overlay. When you’re
not logged in, the empty ownCloud interface is visible in the background
and the login form is overlayed as a popup-lightbox-whateveryoucallit. No
files will be shown, only the bare navigation with apps, for instance. And
when you log out, the interface is cleared and the dialog is shown. The
same thing could be done for the installation so it feels even more
direct.

* deactivate some apps by default
LDAP because of the usefulness only to specific users and because it
introduces a confusing Admin area
Bookmarks because it doesn’t adhere to the styles yet (controls,
leftcontent, rightcontent, list, etc.)

* decide on one help platform, don’t confuse people by offering several
services
Shapado is easier to use than Knowledgebase. It requires no account, has
high visibility, was adopted very well and is active. Since integration
with Knowledgebase is limited to showing questions+answers and linking to
another (login) page when wanting to ask a question, we should iFrame
http://owncloud.shapado.com as the help section. In the future, we can use
an API, they seem to have an unstable one
http://shapado.com/questions/shapado-restfull-api-use

Let me know what you think.

Also:
On Sun, September 25, 2011 11:49, Frank Karlitschek wrote:
> I think it would be great if ownCloud application would have a way to show
> some kind of help icon or menu so that they can show a help page with some
> additional documentation for the end user. I think this is needed because
> not every ownCloud feature is directly obvious for the users.

I completely agree. I suggest a "Help" icon on the right of the controls
bar which triggers a rolldown (like the sharing dialog) containing the
relevant info.