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Beta Appeal #422

Closed MelissaAutumn closed 1 year ago

MelissaAutumn commented 1 year ago

Some initial work on the beta appeal

emitche commented 1 year ago

I am a writer, so if you need any input on copy, feel free to reach out. This looks beautiful so far based on the screenshot shared.

Sancus commented 1 year ago

I am a writer, so if you need any input on copy, feel free to reach out. This looks beautiful so far based on the screenshot shared.

I shared the doc with you and other people who expressed interest, though anyone on the team can use the link to view/edit.

wsmwk commented 1 year ago

This will need to be removed? "When Thunderbird Supernova officially launches later this Summer, you will be switched back to the stable, non-Beta version automatically."

wsmwk commented 1 year ago

The appeal is now for users to install beta in parallel (not be upgraded) so https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XJ7rymJw4OiGLr-KvXnJ5I6AhtwjIASI3s9_3WL6J8s/edit#heading=h.x3pg6hodgnfc is obsolete and we must consider additional information for the beta appeal page.

Over 40% (?) of users have pop accounts. I bet most most of these pop users are not technically adept and will be very poor candidates for running two instances of Thunderbird - some of them will definitely shoot themselves in the foot. It is the reason we added cautionary language in https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/download/beta/

Perhaps the page should suggest that imap only users should apply. OR tell pop users to consult the KB article.

Also I'm pretty sure in past meetings that a) I mentioned we really need language to users that we want their feedback, and where they do it (Help menu may be sufficient) b) @Sancus or someone said we would be giving the link to the beta KB article, which I don't see listed in the current appeal

Do we need to create a new issue for these items? Or use #421 ?

Sancus commented 1 year ago

I'm going to merge this as-is with the understanding that it's still WIP, just to make it easier so we have the page on stage and can reference it.