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Below is a list of programming tasks where we want to increase momentum. If you can contribute in these areas, please let us know.
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===How users can help the Developers===
There are more parts to Gramps than the developer team can stress test. [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_testing Software testing] is a vital component of any software project. Users can:
===How users can help other users===
Even absolute novice users have unique insights into the usability of Gramps and the documentation. The idiosyncracies actually become more invisible as workarounds become habitual.
Help us identify where the Gramps interface, workflow ∧ documentation could be more intuitive or flow more naturally.
====Write for the Wiki====
Here is where you can make a highly visible contribution to Gramps. If you [[:Special:RequestAccount|request a Wiki Contributor account]], you can help expand our ''most underdeveloped'' user tools.
{{man tip|1=Wiki manual|2=Please enhance the {{man label|Wiki}} - particularly wanted is help [[User_manual_translations|translating and updating]] the [[User manual]] sections.}}
====Develop screencasts====
Share how you use Gramps by showing others. [http://www.unixuser.org/~euske/python/vnc2flv/index.html vnc2flv], [http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/ recordmydesktop], [http://www.tortall.net/mu/wiki/Cankiri Cankiri], [https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-capture-a-screencast-using-vlc-2533002 VLC], [http://xvidcap.sourceforge.net/ xvidcap], gifsicle or [http://www.swftools.org/ SWFTools] programs can be used to create screen movies that could be used to show people how to perform different tasks. [http://imagination.sourceforge.net/ Imagination] and [http://www.openshot.org/ OpenShot] could help us to generate a video with some screenshots addition. Also see the list of screencast tools on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screencasting_software wikipedia]
Also, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web_Consortium W3C] work on specifications for [http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/ Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language] and video markup for [https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#video HTML5].