* Martin Schlander
Tirsdag den 22. juni 2010 12:01:32 skrev Guido Berhoerster:
* Martin Schlander
[2010-06-22 10:53]: I agree that the strategy shouldn't be *too* exclusionary, but in targetting everyone, we'd almost be targetting noone :-)
No, we should target those for whom we can provide something.
Exactly. And openSUSE is very good at providing powerful advanced things, that let powerusers be productive - but openSUSE is not very good at making things that are very simple and intuitive for computer illeterates. In fact, I think most of the engineers probably couldn't spot a usability disaster if it was staring them right in the face :-|
Well, firstly I don't think openSUSE usability is actually that bad and secondly I think it doesn't require that many resources to address deficiencies which might make openSUSE difficult to use by less computer literate users if we find out about them. And usability doesn't mean dumbing down like Ubuntu (e.g. providing "Computer Janitor" style programs or interactive first-use assistants for screen). I think openSUSE has more of a problem communicating its strengths within and outside the project (i.e. marketing). -- Guido Berhoerster -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org