[Bf-webcontent] Gooseberry / Cloud feedback

[brita]

Hi,
first of all congratulations on the cloud, the great website presentation
and, of course, the gooseberry project.
Overall I think it is great, this is my feedback:
In the blender.org website: "Blender" doesn't read very well with the
gooseberry background because the letters are white.
*In the cloud website:*
I am not sure it is clear the awesome things one gets by subscribing :-)
I suggest that more information is added to the cloud website (not the
gooseberry), maybe including a screenshot. And a FAQ section:
Open Movies:
1- Can I use the open movies content? Can I share? Can I sell?
2- Gooseberry is still in development, can I use the files now?..
Training:
1- What is included? Only Blender Foundation DVDs or also the third party
ones? What about books (like the gamekit) that say "downloadable too" in
blender's e-shop?
2- Can I download the videos?
(I think these are the most common questions I've seen)

*In the gooseberry website:*
I have also seen people asking for a gooseberry 'digital sticker' to put in
their website. A little 'Spread the Word' section is a good idea?

Text review (marked in bold):
Coders and Artists

Since 2005, Blender's biggest success was to team up artists and developers
to work on challenging short *films* and game production.

It has been this synergy – to have software developers *working* on what's
really needed – that makes the investment in content projects such a great
development model for open source creation software.
Sharing everything

"Benefits of a limited exploitation window"  - what does this mean?
What's in it for you?

There's only so little *we* give away to supporters of a crowdfunded film.
So, what's better than *giving full* access to the whole production, while
it develops?

*This includes ?..source files, assets, storyboards,...? ** and
?documentaries, tutorials? later on.  *- this will make the text longer,
 but reordering to 'What's in it for you', Blender Cloud, Sharing
Everything', will still make sense and fit?
Blender Cloud

Blender Cloud subscribers can watch the creation progress closely, share
*it*, learn from it, and even contribute *back.*

Stay on board for 18 months and you get your movie credit as reward!


How can I help?Supporter

...
Donators will get the choice of a refund *if !!* we don't reach our
campaign goal.
Blender Cloud Membership

So, I pay 45 and that goes for 3 months? and only after those 3 months, it
is 10 per month?

For 45 euro you get three months access to the data from previous Open
Movies and Workshop training videos. The Gooseberry *studios will* use it
to cooperate, to share data and to get you involved.
Film Credit

Donators can choose to only release their money when we reach our goal of
10k Cloud Members.

So, the cloud is not active until the campaign is successfully funded?


*The Studio Map -* I was going to ask for a label, I see it it already
there :), but not for the little dots :(

*The dashboard -* A comma for the thousands unit? the goals have a comma.

*The funding map -* this got everyone talking! Very cool. This also got
everyone asking how is the number of donators calculated for each country.
I am not asking for a formula, but something like "calculated from #of
downloads" or whatever..., because otherwise I (user) just think it doesn't
make sense. How.. is my small country (Portugal) supposed to contribute
with 70 people and €3360 when India and China aren't even asked half of
that. Russia is the biggest country in there and only 100 people are
expected.. Russia has 143million people and Portugal 10. This does not look
realistic, and I've seen many people saying the same for their own small
countries, that is why I do think that the basis for calculation should be
explicit.

*The funding map again -* clicking in a country often displays 0€ with >0
donators or 0 donators with >0€. is this a bug?


Hope it helps,

Inês Almeida
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