From kde-usability  Tue Aug 29 20:52:55 2006
From: Celeste Lyn Paul <celeste () kde ! org>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:52:55 +0000
To: kde-usability
Subject: Users, Usage, and Experience Was: Re: reorder windows in taskbar
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I am changing the topic of the thread so not to confuse people catching up =
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emails.  Feel free to continue the user/usage/scenario debate and please us=
e=20
this subject instead.

Thanks

~ Celeste

On Tuesday 29 August 2006 12:45, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Tuesday 29 August 2006 8:14, Scott Wheeler wrote:
> > That's in fact one of the debates within KDE usability -- "Who are we
> > targetting?"  That's been one of the difficult and unanswered questions
> > for a while.
>
> IMHO this is because we have the following types of people in the project:
>
>  - those who couldn't care who we target
>  - those who are in denial
>  - those who are ignored when clearly stating the answer
>
> "who we are targetting" was answered in the original "let's make a deskto=
p"
> email posting by ettrich. he didn't keep that vision clear enough for
> others and since then the patients have been running the asylum, so to
> speak.
>
> so let me state it really, really, really clearly:
>
> KDE targets today's desktop computer users. This spans a large breadth of
> user profiles with the majority being not more than moderately technical.
> We strive to expose enough flexibility to be useful in the variety of
> professional and academic settings desktop computers are used in while
> making them accessible and simple enough for those who are not computer
> experts or enthusiasts.
>
> 		KDE is UNIX for users.
>
> visit a public library, a non-tech corporate office or your neighbourhood
> living rooms to meet our audience.

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Celeste Lyn Paul
KDE Usability Project
usability.kde.org

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