Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (904 mails)

[Christian Boltz <opensuse@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

on Dienstag, 22. April 2008, Stephan Kulow wrote:
> I spent some hours today to refresh my ycp knowledge:
>  https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=209654
>
> This is how we want to go into beta2.

In general, the dialog looks good. I especially like the idea to have 
common properties (easy-to-use, lots of applications etc.) in the 
introduction text.

The problem I see is that a new user might not understand the 
differences between the different desktops well because large parts of 
the texts are recursive and not very informative. (At least for new 
users.)

I'll try to read it from a newbie's point of view...
(lines marked with "->" show what a newbie probably thinks)

GNOME:
   GNOME 2.22 is the latest dektop from the GNOME project. It combines   
   stability and maturity with incremental innovations.
-> OK, it's the latest version. (WTF is GNOME?)
-> stable and mature
-> only small (incremental) innovations? What does this mean?

KDE 4.0:
    KDE 4.0 is the most recent evolution of KDE. It comes with many new 
    KDE technologies, but is less mature than the other desktops.
-> OK, it's the latest version. Maybe too new if it less mature.
-> _Of course_ it includes KDE technologies - I would have wondered 
    if it included Vista technologies...
-> But WFT is KDE?

KDE 3.5:
    KDE 3.5 is the previous generation of the K Desktop Environment. It 
    is mature and stable.
-> ah, KDE means "K Desktop Environment". Nice to know, but still not 
   helpful.
-> previous generation? a bit old / outdated?
-> mature and stable

OK, I have to admit that I wrote parts of the "->" lines very 
provocative. This is not meant as an offense (really! no flamewar 
needed! ;-) - I just want to make you think about using more 
informative texts.


Things that come in my mind that are not included in the current texts: 
- Gnome: concentration to the essential elements (less config options)
- KDE 3: very configurable
- KDE 4: eye-candy, very configurable

Let's collect us some more things that describe the difference between 
the desktops better. I'm sure this will result in better descriptions 
that are still "politically correct" ;-)



BTW: "Andere" is the only german word in the dialog - is it the only one 
that is already translated or did you accidently enter the german word 
in the source?


Regards,

Christian Boltz
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