Re: [Hampshire] Demo talks

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Author: Tony Whitmore
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Demo talks

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Adrian Bridgett wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 11:26:21 +0000 (+0000), john lewis wrote:
>> On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:16:44 +0000
>> Adrian Bridgett <adrian@???> wrote:
>>
>>> [2] Slypheed Claws for example
>> I get the feeling this is aimed at me :)
>
> Bullseye! :)
>
> Maybe it's just me, but I always find that a 5 minute demo is worth a
> thousand words. Some programs are easy to install, however to see the
> value of a system you often need "real data" in them - emails, blog
> entries, photos, whatever the application is written for. I find that
> getting to a decent point for testing can often take a fair bit of
> time, only for me to decide in 30seconds that the application is "not
> for me" for one reason or another.


Even a brief demo leaves me much more likely to try a piece of software
than any articles or collection of screenshots. You can "get" a piece of
software very quickly if you see someone using it.

Tony