Figuring out the IPFS user journey (consider non-technical users)

[daviddias]

This is a placeholder issue for us to have this discussion.

[olizilla]

• Go to ipfs.io and see a clear call to action to instal the ipfs os integration (station)
• They install station and see an optional walk through on how to add a personal website or photo gallery to ipfs. Or an invitation to get involved with "data together", and re-host a public data set.
• There is a prompt to install ipfs-companion, which could show you how to "offlineify" a website you use a lot.

I'm trying to focus on the "why would I IPFS" question here. I think there is value in rethinking "pinning" as two separate user stories...

1. I can host all my stuff and share it
2. I can meaningfully support causes I believe in by re-hosting their files.

[lidel]

The initial walk through should also include information about IPFS being "the most convenient way to share files over the internet". This is in my opinion the initial "killer app" of "IPFS for regular users".

People often need to quickly share a file and I strongly believe we should make this path as easy and intuitive as possible. A simple act of uploading a file and getting a shareable URL without central server could be the "gateway drug" for more advanced use cases.

What is important: we probably could reuse/share the same "upload gui" between Station/Companion/WebUI. Companion has some basic UI for this.
I started discussion on ways we can improve the quick upload/share experience in ipfs/ipfs-companion#342.

[daviddias]

Hi y'all!

We just stubbed out the first iteration of the user journey during today's call. You can find it here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A_SEJx9qGtIp9mC6hXft1LLSCD5_1LPZE-Mn74-Ws5k/edit

I'll post the link to the recording of the call soon so that you can catch up on what we discussed.

[daviddias]

Hi @protocol/pm-ipfs-gui team, can I ask you y'all to review the doc above ^^ before the next call?

[jessicaschilling]

Closing this issue due to a lack of activity, and because it's being addressed in a number of other venues. Feel free to re-open if necessary. Thank you!