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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: [REMINDER] KDE 4.0 Milestones
From:       jos poortvliet <jos () mijnkamer ! nl>
Date:       2007-05-08 10:07:41
Message-ID: 200705081207.44923.jos () mijnkamer ! nl
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Op Tuesday 08 May 2007, schreef Robert Knight:
> Hi Jos,
>
> > I will *add* a link to the New-and-Upcoming HIG, after all, it is not
> > ready yet.
>
> The wiki already contains plenty of useful information in a format
> each which is easy for developers to read and understand.
>
> > ... general comments about the direction of KDE ...
>
> That could be the start of a very long mailing list thread, with much
> potential for many uninformed opinions on what a hypothetical "joe
> user" may or may not need from their desktop.  I really do not like
> comments which contain the terms "joe user", "MOST users" etc. because
> they are very vague and cover users with very diverse needs and
> requirements.  I think it is very difficult to talk about them in any
> meaningful way.
>
> At Akademy last year, during one of the brainstorming sessions a
> series of personnas were presented which, it was suggested, we should
> target as current or future KDE users.  These personnas did not just
> include UNIX sysadmins and student geeks ( although they were
> obviously included ).  I think Ellen gave that presentation -
> hopefully it is available somewhere.

Seeing the persona's (and remembering the presentation Ellen gave), the 
sentence:
"To avoid misunderstandings: KDE will still be an option for educational, 
governmental or large enterprise usage – but it won't be the main focus when 
developing the default desktop. KDE as a configurable framework can still be 
adjusted to meet the needs of any other user base."

imho doesn't do KDE justice. It might even be bad for KDE to explicitly say 
that the corporate, educational and governmetnal desktops are't it's focus, 
and it has to be adjusted to meet their needs. We even have a poster which 
says 'KDE, the Enterprise Desktop', and I don't see KDE cater the needs of 
the enterprise any less than Gnome (rather the opposite). So I think this 
paragraph is bad for KDE in terms of marketing, and should be removed or 
rewritten. It won't be just developers reading that page, you know...

> The point though is that by identifying clear groups of users it is
> possible to decide what the strengths and weaknesses of KDE are for
> them, and what improvements would be useful to them.  It also means
> that we can find instances of a particular class of user and
> verify/correct our assumptions.
>
> Regards,
> Robert.



-- 
Disclaimer:

Alles wat ik doe denk en zeg is gebaseerd op het wereldbeeld wat ik nu heb. 
Ik ben niet verantwoordelijk voor wijzigingen van de wereld, of het beeld wat 
ik daarvan heb, noch voor de daaruit voortvloeiende gedragingen van mezelf. 
Alles wat ik zeg is aardig bedoeld, tenzij expliciet vermeld.

Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

   A: Because it destroys the flow of the conversation
   Q: Why is top-posting bad?

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