| | 1 | = Simplified Attach = |
| | 2 | |
| | 3 | == Current == |
| | 4 | |
| | 5 | Currently, attaching to a project involves several steps: |
| | 6 | |
| | 7 | New volunteer case: |
| | 8 | |
| | 9 | * Visit the project web site (say, via a link in a news story). |
| | 10 | * Click on "Download" on the project site, taking you to the BOINC download page. |
| | 11 | * Click on "Download BOINC". |
| | 12 | * When the download is done, click on the installer |
| | 13 | * Click on "defaults" in the installer. |
| | 14 | * The Manager runs and brings up the Attach wizard. Click on Add Project. |
| | 15 | * Find the project in the project list (hopefully you still remember its name). |
| | 16 | Note: if the project is new and is not in the list, |
| | 17 | you need to go back to its web site, find the URL, |
| | 18 | and copy/paste it into the wizard. |
| | 19 | New volunteers are unlikely to figure this out. |
| | 20 | * Click on New User |
| | 21 | * Enter email address and password. |
| | 22 | |
| | 23 | A lot of steps; we lose a fraction of volunteers at each step. |
| | 24 | |
| | 25 | Existing volunteer case: |
| | 26 | |
| | 27 | * Visit project web site; figure out what to do next |
| | 28 | (standard project front page doesn't say). |
| | 29 | * Open the BOINC Manager |
| | 30 | * Open Attach wizard |
| | 31 | * Click on Add Project |
| | 32 | * Find project in list |
| | 33 | * Click on New User |
| | 34 | * Enter password (email should be pre-populated). |
| | 35 | |
| | 36 | == Proposed == |
| | 37 | |
| | 38 | This document describes a new scheme that simplifies both scenarios. |
| | 39 | |
| | 40 | New volunteer case: |
| | 41 | |
| | 42 | * Visit project web site, click on "Join (download BOINC)". |
| | 43 | Download happens, browser remains on project web site (see below). |
| | 44 | * When download is done, click on installer. |
| | 45 | * Click on Defaults in installer |
| | 46 | * Manager runs and brings up Attach wizard at the "enter email/password" page; |
| | 47 | no need to select project etc. |
| | 48 | Enter email/password. |
| | 49 | |
| | 50 | Existing volunteer case: |
| | 51 | |
| | 52 | * Visit project web site, click on "Join (already running BOINC)". |
| | 53 | * Taken to page saying "open BOINC Manager" and select Add Project. |
| | 54 | * When they do that, it brings up Attach wizard at "enter email/password" page. |
