[HTC One S] syntropic:
Hey....

How is everyone? A couple of questions, but first my personal comments on the past few pages:

First, I can imagine it being nothing but annoying to Mike, et.al.having to explain this awesome ROM when, taking a look at the number of pages in this thread it has likely been discussed at length. Further, I did think that el_smurfo didn't need to complain about something (OTAs) simply because it was "different" from other ROMs. Progress = changes such as these (and its not even revolutionary for a ROM as Mike points out--other ROMs have done this).

But as a general comment with an eye toward a better experience for everyone... The fact that el_smurfo said "it wasn't in the OP" has some merit....

What I am getting at is that given the novel aspects of this ROM, it's growing popularity, and the incredible number of questions that have been asked and answered in this thread, attempting to put any info in the OP and expecting people to rely on that is a bit short-sighted. I haven't been to the wiki lately (and I don't know if it is even listed in the OP), but at this point...if you really want to enjoy growth, you need to dedicate someone to write clean, comprehensive, and regularly updated documentation for not only this ROM, but also everything required before even attempting installation (and I see that beholdthis or dev1se (can't remember which) wrote a detailed step by step on rooting your phone on the site...So that is a great start).

Then...in the OP, you make it 3 or 4 lines. Period. You link the wiki and you link the downloadable ROM from which one must start with and then update via the OTAs. The wiki should be the bible.

Axiom Suite is really cool... But since you want this ROM to catch on and be huge, you need to make it easy for everyone to understand everything that could be written about this ROM....And I mean to even a n00b coming from the iPhone.

As I said in my last post, Axiom Suite is a great idea precisely because the level of technical sophistication of your average Android user has dropped significantly as the platform had taken off since 2009. So when I suggest documentation, I mean think back to the first time you read the CM wiki...when you were trying to root your HTC Hero or whatever, and think about how well you did or didn't understand it at first (rooting, installing, explaining recovery and CWM) and then add 10x more detail given that back then you probably had a little more experience then users today have.

So someone needs to get on that wiki and do a professional job of documenting, with screenshots, everything that is required (including all available options and documentation thereof), to install Axiom... Pretend you are writing it for your mother. I am serious. If you guys want to be serious about this (and I suspect given the work you have put into the site and the ROM that you do), then you need to stop acting like we/you are "just another ROM" and set yourself apart so that a first time XDA visitor, even if he doesn't know anything about anything, that visitor chooses Axiom ROM because it's the one which has the clearest and most comprehensive documentation compared too other threads with ROMs.

I know what's up and have been here awhile so I would not complain, but I have no idea what maybe 1/4 of the options in Axiom Suite do... Or what they mean. I am obviously not trolling, just saying that when you immerse yourself in the technical end of things, it's easy to forget that many, many users are not going to know anything...least of all what "Rosie landscape" means or "transparent nav bar".

If you want to put this ROM on the map, I suggest you make it accessible by as many people as possible and a 400 page thread or an OP that assumes an extensive background in the Axiom ROM or even ROMs, generally, is not "accessible".

I will ask my questions in another post.

And please take this post in the spirit in which it was intended.

Syntropic

EDIT: I just wanted to say that I am not admonishing anyone.... Also, I am happy to help in this if acceptable. Let me know and I can help rewrite or proof the wiki or whatever you end up doing.

Sent from my HTC One-S (rooted), stock ROM