How You Can Contribute
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Imprudence isn’t just a project for programmers. No matter your skills (or lack thereof) or how much time you can commit, there’s a way for you to be a part of it.
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Everybody and their Grandmas
Here are some good ways anybody can help out:
- Participate in discussions on the forums.
- Let us know what you think needs to be improved about the SL Viewer.
- Download the Imprudence Viewer and give feedback about it.
- Watch a friend, family member, or co-worker try SL for the first time, and take notes about the things they find difficult or confusing.
- Blog about the latest Imprudence news and developments (either on your own blog or as a contributor to the Imprudence Blog).
- Help organize and coordinate other volunteers to keep things running smoothly.
- Tell a friend and get them involved too!
Artists, Designers, and UI Freaks
If you happen to have some graphics skill or an interest in User Interface design, here are some things you could do:
- Work with users to turn their ideas into something people can look at.
- Make a sketch or Flash mock-up of how some part of the UI should behave, look, or be organized.
- Offer suggestions and constructive criticism about other people’s designs.
- Create or improve a color scheme or skin for the Viewer.
- Paint some graphics or icons for a UI-in-progress.
- Hook up with a programmer and turn your design into a real, working interface!
Code Monkeys and Tekkie-Wikis
Of course, there’s always plenty for programmers and other tech-savvy people to do:
- Participate on the ImpDev mailing list.
- Compile a Viewer branch for other people to download and test.
- Try out a patch to make sure it applies cleanly, and make a Git branch so others can easily merge the changes.
- Clean up or add comments/documentation for part of the source code.
- Fix a bug or optimize a slow piece of code.
- Submit a patch to address a usability issue that affects you or someone you know.
- Work with a designer to bring a UI concept to life!
- For more details, see Contributing Code.
Other Really Cool People
We’re also looking for people who can help with:
- Accessibility. We’d love to make it easier for people with disabilities to have a functional and satisfying SL experience, but we need people with the knowledge and experience to help us identify the biggest hurdles and find solutions.
- Localization & Translation. Many of the non-English UI translations are awkward or wrong, but only someone who knows the language can make them better. If you are fluent in both English and another tongue, please help us add or improve the translation for your language.
Got another idea?
There are many more ways to get involved than we could list here; and there are surely some good ones that you can think of, but that we hadn’t! Don’t hesitate to contact us if you’d like to help out, even if it’s not listed here!
Contact Info
If you’d like to contribute to Imprudence in any way, contact Jacek Antonelli or McCabe Maxsted, or post in the forums.
