Originally Posted by Flandry

The first idea, in particular, i like.

The others are more general and are probably covered by the first proposal in some way.

I was going to add another solution proposal of my own, and then realized that it, too is covered by the ambitious original proposed solution. I guess it could be seen as a requisite first step to the completion of the main solution.

Here's what i had started to say.

Fix what's already there

We need single login and a fixed search feature on m.o. Beyond that...

Currently, an app requires a bugtracker link to get through Extras-Testing. While this is good in theory, in practice it is not very useful to a typical user, who will not have the motivation or courage to venture into bugtracker. The most casual user will not use any feedback mechanism but one that is integral with the device itself, and for that demographic, Texrat's proposal is the best.

However, there is a large demographic not currently optimally engaged: those that actually do come to m.o to browse the forum etc. For these, an official talk thread that is also supported by a control file entry (like the bug tracker) would be useful. Obviously we'd like to see all of this integrated, but this seems like a much more practical interim step.

This has even greater potential than just a means of getting feedback: it can be an "automatic" source of documentation for maemo apps (my only feedback on the N900 from users i know personally is "I can't figure out how to use this." and they are continually amazed at how much it can do once I show them how). The maintainer can put the "manual" into the first post of the thread, and with a simple addition HAM could automatically load up the page in MicroB at the conclusion of an app installation.

Well, you get the idea.

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
this ain't no fooling around
This ain't no mudd club, or C. B. G. B.
I ain't got time for that now

I changed my hairstyle so many times now
don't know what I look like!

Originally Posted by Texrat

Yikes, this presentation is taking longer than I'd thought. But the good news is that's mostly because ideas keep occurring.