[Bf-committers] meetings for new developers

[Bob Holcomb]

>
> seem that not every blender user knows that #blender exists, how to
> use it, or the format of communication there.
>
> It was said that it would be really good if the blender.org web site
> and really all other blender web sites had a major area to tell people
> that this is a good place to come for instant help and that you must
> wait for at least an hour to get your answer before giving up. And
> that #blender is a great place for newbies to get great instant help.
>
> A happy user base brings in more people and this leads to more beta
> testers and more devs.
>   
So why not embed a IRC client on www.blender.org, or provide a link to a 
web based IRC client like Mibbit (or whatever freenode will accept) with 
the channel already set up.   People go to blender.org looking for 
support, just lead them to where the live support actually is without 
making them install any software.  Be sure to post etiquette rules next 
to the link in big flashing letters ;)

cheers,

Bob

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