Re: User oriented release notes

["Luis Villa" <luis tieguy org>]

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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