From 3dfd2fa80ffb19ef65a467e68b53b296f3436180 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Waseem Daher Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:30:13 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add a "What is Humbug?" page. (imported from commit 7197f6cd5f51eec155ccac10c45409bb1a2add58) --- humbug/urls.py | 3 +- templates/zephyr/what-is-humbug.html | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 templates/zephyr/what-is-humbug.html diff --git a/humbug/urls.py b/humbug/urls.py index f0559510f3..4e1fea78ae 100644 --- a/humbug/urls.py +++ b/humbug/urls.py @@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('', url(r'^terms$', 'django.views.generic.simple.direct_to_template', {'template': 'zephyr/terms.html'}), url(r'^privacy$', 'django.views.generic.simple.direct_to_template', {'template': 'zephyr/privacy.html'}), - # New user "tutorial" + # "About Humbug" information + url(r'^what-is-humbug$', 'django.views.generic.simple.direct_to_template', {'template': 'zephyr/what-is-humbug.html'}), url(r'^new-user$', 'django.views.generic.simple.direct_to_template', {'template': 'zephyr/new-user.html'}), # API and integrations documentation diff --git a/templates/zephyr/what-is-humbug.html b/templates/zephyr/what-is-humbug.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ab4494adac --- /dev/null +++ b/templates/zephyr/what-is-humbug.html @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +{% extends "zephyr/portico.html" %} + +{# A brief "What is Humbug?" explanation page #} + +{% block portico_content %} +
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The group communication product you've always wanted.

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Email. We all get too much of it.

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Why? Because there really isn't anything better out there + today. Maybe you're using a chat system for some + messages, but by and large, everything else is going to your + email. And while that may have worked in 1970, email is no longer + a good catch-all for your communication in this day and age.

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More concerningly, the most important kind of + communication—group conversation—isn't being done + electronically today at all. Email is neither instantaneous nor + conversational. Getting a substantive back-and-forth going on + Twitter or Facebook is an exercise in frustration. And the group + "chat" products that exist today are a mess—their model is + all wrong.

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What would a good system do? Well, for starters, it would:

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  • Encourage truly conversational interactions (which means that it must support real-time communication), but also
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  • Work naturally when people aren't online at the same time, and
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  • Let you easily follow many different conversations
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That's where Humbug comes in. Based on our + experience at MIT, Ksplice, and Oracle, we're solving this + problem, with a webapp and native mobile apps for Android and + iPhone. We are currently in closed beta.

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Interested? Learn more.

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+{% endblock %}