Re: Article about Baloo

On Friday 17 January 2014 18:41:13 Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Friday, January 17, 2014 17:49:49 Vishesh Handa wrote:
> > I've created an etherpad note on - https://notes.kde.org/p/BalooArticle
> > I'm
> 
> nice! :)
> 
> thoughts:
> 
> "Baloo is not a new project but a continuation of Nepomuk”
> 
> would it make sense to position Baloo as a new engine for Nepomuk? that
> would clearly communicate their relationship as well as imply it is a
> continuation, without overtly implying it might be a rewrite ;) rewrites
> are scary, after all; new engines are shiny! ;)
> 

I'm not sure. It depends on the promo team.

From my point of view since the APIs have changed completely calling it a new 
engine might not be correct.

Calling it the new implementation of "The Semantic Desktop", maybe.

> i love the four focus points you outlined.
> 
> my first thought is that instead of saying “better” perhaps it could say
> *what* is better and leave the word “better” out of it .. this lets people
> come to “better” in their own mind and then you aren’t convincing them it
> is better, they are agreeing it is better.
> 
> in the case of simpler code, perhaps lead with benefit rather than
> explanation
> 
> e.g.:
> 
> * Faster indexing
> * Searches are faster and return more accurate results
> * More robust as single points of failure were removed
> * Easier to develop and maintain in the future due to a simplified, clear
> code base
> 
> this is exactly what you wrote (i think the points are great), but just
> inverted to focus on benefit. i’d also shift the “easier to develop and
> maintain” to end of the list because:
> 
> * it speaks to the smallest audience
> * it becomes the perfect bridge to a “so get involved today!” bit at the end
> of the article


+1

Thanks. Your comments are quite helpful. I think Jos has already taken them 
into account.

-- 
Vishesh Handa

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