On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 09:01:16PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
David Nalley wrote:
> Typically our beta users, while on the whole not as technically savvy
> as our alpha users, are pretty technical. I'd argue that those
> "technically interesting" features are important to show off in beta,
> perhaps even more so than final release.
Exactly. It is also more press worthy if you explain it in simple terms.
Concentrate on answering the question of how is this useful?
We are working to reach a larger audience with the Beta and Previews.
We have to be careful that we don't alienate them. This two-pronged
approach is valuable -- explain deep technical matters in a simple
enough way for the wider audience, then link to an appropriate beat page.
This is a way to make the beats more active and useful, as a place
developers can show off package work sooner and more in their control;
as more than just a dumping place for content that 'eventually' makes
it in to the release notes. There is a natural opportunity from the
beat to link back to feature pages, which fill this similar purpose of
showing work sooner and more (pro)actively.
- Karsten
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