| Asa Whillock 2006-02-13, 5:46 pm |
| Thanks all, some great responses so far. I've read them all in detail
and can see some common themes of things we have right and also have
some new ideas. To continue, we've heard from a lot of the long time
users, I'm also particularly curious to hear from the more recent
developers. If anyone's shy out there, please speak up. Software's
only as good as it's users and you guys are the meat(tofu-protein for
the veggies out there) of our community. More thoughts and feedback
please!
Asa
P.S. Once I think the influx is done I'll try and put together a more
detailed summary of what I'm hearing.
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[mailto:flashcomm-bounces-1Ss2GqJETD3yZ38Mhd3e/9ZfFG6BLHNm@public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Woody
Chastain
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 1:08 PM
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Subject: RE: [FlashComm] Community Question: What makes getting started
withFMSdifficult?
Asa,
I started with FCS beta so my observations may not apply fully to FMS2.
1. Be sure to make clear the limitations of FMS audio: echo is a problem
and
you really should use a headset, FMS audio will not work in a group
environment unless you use a $500 phase cancellation microphone. If I'm
wrong I would be happy to be corrected on this because I wanted to use
FMS
audio for classroom-to-classroom video conferencing with audio. I had to
compromise and just go for video conferencing and explain to management
the
reasons why.
2. As someone else mentioned, more code examples, thoroughly tested code
examples.
3. The original components didn't have enough setters and getters so I
gave
up on them and coded my own connectors and streams, etc. Make clear the
limitations of components, when and where it is appropriate to use them
(they are great for proof-of-concept), and when it is necessary to roll
your
own code and/or components.
4. Initial setup can be confusing (where does everything go?). I think
you
should recommend that all first-time users do a default install on their
computer hard-drive. Also provide a tutorial and RunMeFirst.swf(and
..fla)
that work with the default installation. Include video, audio, and text
messaging with the RunMeFirst. Then, even if the audio and video don't
work,
or they don't have a camera/mike, they can verify connectivity with text
messaging.
Woody
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From: flashcomm-bounces-1Ss2GqJETD3yZ38Mhd3e/9ZfFG6BLHNm@public.gmane.org
[mailto:flashcomm-bounces-1Ss2GqJETD3yZ38Mhd3e/9ZfFG6BLHNm@public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Asa
Whillock
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 12:31 PM
To: FlashComm Mailing List
Subject: [FlashComm] Community Question: What makes getting started with
FMSdifficult?
Morning/Afternoon/Night All,
The lists are pretty quiet this morning, so I thought I might engender a
little conversation. From an engineering standpoint it's important to
us that the product and all elements of FMS are very approachable. In
an ideal world, someone with even the most limited technical skills
would be able to use FMS for all their video, audio, and collaborative
needs. Now, realizing that I neither work nor live in an ideal world,
I'm interested in what barriers to understanding or working with this
tech some of you encountered. By now a lot of you have been working
with this for years, so I'll understand a little head scratching. I
suppose what I'm asking is, tech-wise, what can we do to make FMS more
developer friendly?
Looking forward to your thoughts,
Asa
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