Re: User oriented release notes

["Luis Villa" <luis tieguy org>]

On 9/9/06, Andreas Nilsson <nisses mail home se> wrote:
> Hi Luis!
> Isn't Apples equivalent  of  our release notes more likely this?
> http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/index.html
> And yeah, they kick our asses in catchy copy-writing here too :)

That is more equivalent, but I guess I'm suggesting that perhaps we
should get the first (why should you use us at all?) right before we
work very hard on 'why should you use this particular version.'
Something to think about, at any rate.

Luis

> I agree that we're a bit too techy from time to time though, even for
> the target audience people-who-reads-computer-magazines.
> - Andreas
>
>
> Luis Villa wrote:
> > Compare and contrast our notes with:
> > http://www.apple.com/getamac/
> >
> > (ignore the videos, look at the text, what they are bragging about, etc.)
> > Luis
> >
> > On 9/8/06, karderio <karderio gmail com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi :o)
> >>
> >> I just took a second look at the 2.16 release notes[1]. Although they
> >> were a very interesting read, on occasion they came over as perhaps a
> >> little too technical, leaving maybe the ghost of the impression that
> >> GNOME could be a desktop "by devs for devs".
> >>
> >> Please don't get me wrong, the notes are a fine job, but somehow the
> >> buzz the end user should be feeling is missing.
> >>
> >> What could take the edge off the buzz a user should be feeling when
> >> reading about GNOME ? Compilation options is one, links to "technical"
> >> fd.o standards another, there's the "code cleanups" section... Not to
> >> say these are bad, I don't mind them one bit - but telling a potential
> >> user about "compiling" even before he has seen the contraption can
> >> hardly promote it...
> >>
> >> The other criticism I could raise is a lack of at least one screenshot
> >> of the entire GNOME desktop.
> >>
> >> A couple of suggestions I would advance this perceived problem of mine
> >> would either be to relegate anything un-soft-and-fluffy to a
> >> "developers" section, or create a completely "Presenting GNOME" section
> >> elsewhere, full of much appreciated, soft fluffy topics for users.
> >>
> >> Perhaps the criticisms I have directed at the release notes are not
> >> meant for them at all. The notes in fact being an excellent interim,
> >> bolstering the "About GNOME" section, which manages to say piles about
> >> GNOME's goals without ever saying what it does or what it looks like.
> >>
> >> Love, Karderio.
> >>
> >>
> >> [1] http://www.gnome.org/start/2.16/notes/C/index.html
> >>
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