Review "Debug now" screensaver

[pulkomandy]

Now that we are entering beta phase, "Debug now" is not an appropriate message anymore. Our users will no longer be just developers.

What should be our subliminal message to users?

[pulkomandy]

Some suggestions:

PATCHES WELCOME

REPORT BUGS

SHIP IT (we aren't yet R1 after all)

[waddlesplash]

I think it's supposed to be a BeOS inside joke more than anything else. Maybe we just shouldn't include it in rebase profiles?

[pulkomandy]

Yes, it is: ​http://toastycode.com/besavers/buynow.html

(similarly, Message is originally a demo of text rendering capabilities, according to ​http://toastycode.com/besavers/ )

I don't think removing inside jokes is the right way to go, they are part of our culture and history, too. However, we can replace them with better inside jokes.

[mmu_man]

BUY LESS RAM ?

[-Meanwhile-]

After reading that background story on toastycode, what makes most sense in the current open source situation would be:

DOWNLOAD NOW

[mmu_man]

+1

[pulkomandy]

SHARE NOW

We are free software (so the software freedom to share software applies) and let's get viral on the social networks (so people can share the news too)

[mmu_man]

Indeed. A variant would COPY ME :-)

[humdinger]

Since the time of "DEBUG NOW" is declared over, it's time to again "CODE NOW" to aquire more apps and bugs to be debugged.

[waddlesplash]

"DOWNLOAD NOW" sounds good to me.

Maybe we should use DOWNLOAD NOW in release branches, and DEBUG NOW in nightlies?

[humdinger]

This is a nice shed, indeed... "download now" doesn't make too much sense. When people see it, they already downloaded and now run Haiku...

[pulkomandy]

Well, the idea would be to use it at conferences when giving talks or demoing haiku. We could make it part of the demo package, even.

[waddlesplash]

TBH, the more I think about it, the more I still like Debug Now...

Moving this out of beta1; it really isn't that important.