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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: opinions on gnome2
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () olympusproject ! org>
Date:       2002-07-20 0:59:50
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On Friday 19 July 2002 05:37, Daniel Molkentin wrote:
> Though even the mouse tutorial makes sense, it's only useful for
> out-of-the-box installations (think Walmart), because if you install KDE or
> even compile it from source, you most likey know how to use a mouse ;)

well, back in those days (15 years or so ago?) most computer users had never 
used a mouse, so it made a lot of sense then. today, just about everyone 
knows how a mouse works. 

but telling them where the K Menu is might be a nice start, hm?

> KPersonalizer should boil down to "What kind of system are you used to"?

it also asks "How fast is your system" and "How much eye candy can you handle" 
and "Where in the world are you from?" (language, keyboard, etc).

to say it is a theme manager is to misunderstand its purpose, or at least to 
ignore much of its purpose.

> SuSE for example has the "SuSE Tour". The question is: How far do we / can
> we care about such "OEM" integration?

well, if it is kept fairly straightfoward and modular (e.g. the walk-though 
can be stored in a (set of?) XML file(s)), ships with the default set up info 
and developed in communication w/some of the more prominent KDE users (SuSe, 
Mandrake, ...)  so as to ensure that it will be useful to them (once they add 
their own screenshots, etc), i think we can satisfy everyone.

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Aaron J. Seigo
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"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler"
    - Albert Einstein
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