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[DEPRECATED] Old RS website
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marketing as a multi-backend tool #70

Closed michielbdejong closed 10 years ago

michielbdejong commented 10 years ago

as discussed in http://community.remotestorage.io/t/rethink-our-product-presentation-as-a-multi-backend-tool/173

michielbdejong commented 10 years ago

The 6 old texts are the ones that are now on http://remotestorage.io/ The 4 new texts are the ones that are now on https://rerelaunch.5apps.com/ (please ignore the layout changes)

raucao commented 10 years ago

Multi-backend syncing to Google Drive and Dropox is:

For these 2 reasons I don't see why it should be on the frontpage of remotestorage.io (if it's not explicitly marked as a feature of the JS library, and one that is coming up, not currently supported).

Other than that, the new new points are all targeted explicitly at developers instead of users. We have both people coming to the website, though, which is why the current frontpage has 6 benefits listed, that are targeted at both groups. Imo these new selling points only subtract relevant information, and instead of staying rather neutral, 2 of 3 are only about the reference client JavaScript library.

michielbdejong commented 10 years ago

@skddc

Not officially supported

Yes, that is why it still says 'even'. We'll remove that once the GD&DB support is more stable.

We have both people coming to the website

People who come to the website to get storage can click 'get storage'. Our main goal with the website should be to market to market the technology to people who can use it, e.g. people who develop apps.

@skddc In https://github.com/remotestorage/remotestorage.io/pull/69#issuecomment-57103355 you say your reason to revert my change was that there was a conversation on IRC in which "we think they're making things worse". Who was the rest of this "we", apart from you? @galfert? @silverbucket maybe?

michielbdejong commented 10 years ago

Actually, I thought about it on the airplane today, and decided it may make more sense to leave remoteStorage as it is, about the protocol, and to promote multi-backend unhosted web apps in other ways, for instance on unhosted.org or through Meute.

raucao commented 10 years ago

Yes, that is why it still says 'even'. We'll remove that once the GD&DB support is more stable.

That is a non-sensical statement. How does the word "even" have anything to do with marking it as an experimental, non-supported part of the reference client library?

Actually, I thought about it on the airplane today, and decided it may make more sense to leave remoteStorage as it is, about the protocol, and to promote multi-backend unhosted web apps in other ways, for instance on unhosted.org or through Meute.

That was exactly my point. The information was in the wrong place. It has nothing to do with the protocol or general RS project, but with Unhosted apps for sure. Also for the rs.js part of the website it should be a prominent part as soon as devs can use it properly, because it definitely is of great value being able to have 3 personal storage options without even thinking about the various different APIs.