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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: 100 Paperkuts
From:       Markus <kamikazow () web ! de>
Date:       2009-06-21 9:20:49
Message-ID: 200906211120.49424.kamikazow () web ! de
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Kubuntu should finally start to ship non-broken localization files (reported 
over and over in Bugzilla since years!). Only after fixing its self-introduced 
bugs that hurt KDE's credibility (because people think that Kubuntu bugs are 
KDE bugs), Canonical should start publicity stunts like these.

Am Samstag 20 Juni 2009 19:41:00 schrieb Celeste Lyn Paul:
> Many of you may have heard about Canonical's new 100 papercuts project
> [1,2,3]. The goal is to fix 100 minor usability bugs for the Karmic
> release. Although the primary focus is Ubuntu, Kubuntu can benefit from
> this program as well.
>
> A papercut is easy to fix, will improve the user experience for a lot of
> users, and is present in Kubuntu Jaunty 9.10. For example, a papercut could
> be improving a bad label or icon, fixing a HIG violation, or rearranging a
> configuration dialog to make more sense, A papercut is not a new feature
> request or change requiring more than a few likes of code.
>
> Papercuts are like fleas on a dog. A single flea is no big deal, but many
> fleas are quite annoying. The more papercuts we fix, the greater the effect
> on the overall Kubuntu experience.
>
> We need users to find and report minor usability bugs to Launchpad and
> assign them to the hundredpapercuts project. Attention Non-Kubuntu Users:
> Keep in mind that Kubuntu papercuts are often also KDE papercuts. Even if
> you do not use Kubuntu, voting on Kubuntu papercuts in Launchpad can
> benefit all KDE users. Much of Kubuntu's development work is contributed
> upstream to KDE. Papercuts we fix for Karmic could potentially show up in
> KDE 4.4! Just log into Launchpad and import a KDE bug and assign it to the
> hundredpapercuts project.
>
> Time is running out to submit papercuts. So this weekend, I encourage
> everyone to take a few minutes this weekend to think of one usability
> papercut that has been bothering you and report it. When you find or submit
> a bug, click on "Also affects project", specify hundredpapercuts as the
> project, and click Continue.
>
> Cheers!
>
> ~ Celeste
>
> [1]
> http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/06/canonical-to-boost-ubuntu-
> usability-by-tackling-papercuts.ars
> [2] https://launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts
> [3] http://blog.davebsd.com/2009/06/15/calling-all-paper-cutters/
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