Talk:Out-of-box experience

Software Centric
The article is very much skewed to Software. Out of the box experience can be for anything, any product. I would prefer to add other products so that the article is un-biased. Mugunth 09:57, 9 October 2007 (UTC) 15:20 CST "the real OOBE began when the user first turned on a new computer, or began to peel the shrinkwrap off the product packaging." sounds like someones trying to be smart. Fixed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.53.249.114 (talk) 20:23, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
 * OOBE is a term widely used in the computer industry. I have not heard it used otherwise.Snafflekid (talk) 21:40, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * This is a marketing term associated with consumer products, not just computer software. Article needs to be expanded to reflect the broader application.AusTerrapin (talk) 13:39, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the proposal was move per request. In addition to the MoS citation below, I have searched Google books and news archive for how reliable sources use the name and lowercase is used about three times out of four from that survey.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 15:01, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Out-Of-Box Experience → Out-of-box experience — "Do not apply initial capitals in a full term that is a common noun just because capitals are used in the abbreviation." Manual_of_Style XP1 (talk) 12:59, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

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Origin of the term
I visited this article hoping to find out where the term originated. But there is not yet a "History" section.

I first heard the term around 1988 at Apple when Jean-Louis Gassée was championing an improvement to what he and his collaborators called the "out-of-the-box experience" or some variant of that. In measurable terms, the goal was to reduce the time from opening a carton containing a new device like a Mac II to having it fully installed, turned on and running an application. I do not know whether Jean-Louis or one of his collaborators coined it or whether it was already in use and we adopted it.

If someone does remember and can provide a verifiable source, I think that including such information would be of historical interest. Larry Tesler (talk) 20:09, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Misleading info deleted
Is it a surprise that wrong and misleading info never cite a source? I found these in the article:

"The process of installing Microsoft Windows is a common example for OOBE. While the installation is largely automatic, the user must proceed through multiple screens to acknowledge software license terms, specify partition settings for the hard disk, enter the 'product key', select international settings, a time zone, and also configure network settings. After the installation is complete, Microsoft Windows launches the 'out-of-box application' that presents a full-screen wizard to assist the user with critical first steps of using Windows, such as creating a user account, registering the software with Microsoft (optional), configuring Internet connectivity, and product activation. Although this Microsoft application is named after OOBE, the real OOBE began when the user first turned on a new computer and was taken through the initial setup."

Notice how the last sentence contradicts everything said so far.

I've deleted the paragraph and replaced it with one sentence that cite two sources. Waysidesc (talk) 06:16, 11 November 2020 (UTC)