Re: Dot article for PMC 0.9 release

Hi!

On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 11:21 PM, Carl Symons <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Shantanu Tushar Jha <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > We are planning to do the first ever release of Plasma Media Center [1]
> > soon, and have written a small draft announcement. It will be very nice
> if
> > you guys can do a quick review and let us know what stuff can be
> improved :)
>
> I will do it. Perhaps others will have feedback too.
>

> Best guess for when the planned release will happen?
>

The release will happen as soon this announcement is ready to go :)

>
> Why is there a Plasma Media Center when we already have so many
> similar applications?
>
> Look at this from the user perspective...so what? Why should users be
> interested in this?


Correct point, I will add a short paragraph explaining this.

>
> What gets you excited about PMC? Why have you worked so hard on it?
> What inspires you about it?
>

This as well.

>
> Don't worry about adding this sort of stuff to the story. But it would
> help create an inviting announcement to know what's driving the
> project.
>
> More later.
>
> Carl
>
> >
> > Here is the draft
> >
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yKJheK6UBH0-h_q6KC_XSJSmD0QJiG3JU24bdBkiUp0/edit
> >
> > Thanks a lot!
> >
> > [1] http://community.kde.org/Plasma/Plasma_Media_Center
> >
> > --
> > Shantanu Tushar    (UTC +0530)
> > http://www.shantanutushar.com
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Shantanu Tushar Jha <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Hey!
> >>
> >> Thanks for the suggestions, I realized how developer centric it was.
> >> Please take a look at the updated doc and see if there is still room for
> >> improvement.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Shantanu Tushar    (UTC +0530)
> >> http://www.shantanutushar.com
> >>
> >> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 9:19 PM, Sebastian Kügler <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hey,
> >>>
> >>> Sorry for letting this one slip for so long!
> >>>
> >>> On Friday, September 14, 2012 11:29:11 Shantanu Tushar Jha wrote:
> >>> > Can you review the doc at
> >>> >
> >>> >
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yKJheK6UBH0-h_q6KC_XSJSmD0QJiG3JU24bdBki
> >>> > Up0/editand suggest improvements to make it dot material? I and sinny
> >>> > wish
> >>> > to get a
> >>> > PMC release asap :)
> >>>
> >>> From a reader's point of view, a few things are missing: What it is,
> what
> >>> it
> >>> does, mainly.
> >>>
> >>> The article should start explaining what Plasma Mediacenter is,
> describe
> >>> its
> >>> main use cases, its feature set, add a few screenshots a screencast, so
> >>> users
> >>> unknown to it can get an impression of what they're reading about.
> >>>
> >>> The History part is not very interesting for the reader unknown to
> Plasma
> >>> Mediacenter. It's fine as an anecdote for a blog, but doesn't really
> have
> >>> a
> >>> place in the announcement.
> >>>
> >>> The "This Release" part is misleading. You write that there's only a
> few
> >>> improvements, but:
> >>>
> >>> - that's a very developer-centric point of view
> >>> - the user has nothing to compare it with
> >>> - given that it's a first release, you have to fully introduce the
> thing,
> >>> and
> >>> at that point, everything is new
> >>>
> >>> Even in subsequent releases, you'll want to concentrate on the whole
> >>> thing,
> >>> the overall idea and put that upfront. Only for some users, it's
> >>> interesting
> >>> to see the changes compared to earlier versions, but the main target
> >>> group is
> >>> people who don't know PMC yet, and need every assumption you make
> >>> explained.
> >>>
> >>> Hope my feedback is useful, feel free to have me look over subsequent
> >>> versions
> >>> (I'lll try my best to be quicker this time around :)).
> >>>
> >>> By the way: Great progress on PMC, to both of you! :)
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> --
> >>> sebas
> >>>
> >>> http://www.kde.org | http://vizZzion.org | GPG Key ID: 9119 0EF9
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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