When I was first getting set up with Linux, I had all kinds of great people around to help (endico, dmose, leaf, myk, and others) and that made a world of difference. Even just knowing that I could send an email to Dawn or Myk made me that much more likely to experiment with Linux and many of the tools that are available to that OS.
Well, I just ran across a great blog post that reminded me how much easier it is to make a big software transition when you know there's a friend there to help if you need it. I don't have the time to do this kind of support, but it sure is nice to read that others do. PJM, at Flashes of Panic is offering to help people migrating away from IE. What a great gesture. Maybe this can be the start of something larger. I'm sure there are lots of happy Firefox users out there who would be willing to do the same for friends and family, possibly even strangers.
I know that the mozillaZine forums already perform some of this service but it seems like something that would be good to spread around. Like those monthly Linux install events or something. Friendly people on hand to help ease the transition. Given the above-average computer skill levels among bloggers and all rave Firefox reviews I'm seeing around the blogs, there should be no shortage of friendly neighbors. Maybe we could have a blogosphere-wide, monthly "Upgrade Your Browser" day -- do it on the first Tuesday of the month or something.
What do you all think?
