Great Work; One Area That Could Use A Little Love

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I've been something of a distant supporter of Qt and KDE for almost three
decades; I pushed (but failed) to get Qt adopted by the GUI team I was
working with when Byte first published about it. I've always been a "back
end" developer so never got into it personally.  General translation: I'm
old.

I really like what's been done with the inflection point; it feels
particularly *real*. That however, brings me to my point; I saw the
inflection point, went to donate, then went into the timeline. I got
slightly confused at the book "20 years of KDE"; my dates slipped a bit and
I thought it was recent (at my age, 20 years and 30 years seem similar). It
does seem a bit odd to me that the book is basically "the history of KDE
until 10 years ago," and there are other hints that the dates are odd,
specifically the lines:
                                        Interest on what happened in the
last 20 years?
                                       Check out the KDE timeline
<https://timeline.kde.org>and                                        Also,
join us in one of the KDE 20th anniversary parties
<https://community.kde.org/Promo/Events/Parties/KDE_20_Anniversary> all
around the world. Organize a new one if your city is not on the list.

The "20 years" looks close enough to "29 years" that they can get blurred
in one's mind. Even worse is the page of 20th anniversary parties, which
reads like it is currently being planned; -- not that it's a decade old.
There's also a subliminal feeling that it is related to the "inflection
point" throughout. It gives an unfairly rough feeling to otherwise great
work.

First, add a "Coming Soon" or "In the Works" quasi-announcement of Volume
2: "The Next 10 years of KDE". I don't want to put anyone under the gun,
but it would be nice if it could be ready next year; if not, it can become
the 21st century "Duke Nukem Forever" =F0=9F=98=81

Second, change the text around the KDE timeline to reflect that it's
covering the full 29-30 years (maybe worded something like "coming up on 30
years").

Third, Change the link to be the KDE 30th anniversary parties next year,
and clone the current site but strip out the specific party plans and just
point to the anniversary date.

I think that will bring it up to the same quality as everything else you've
done.

Regards,

James Parker
[email protected]

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and KDE for almost three decades; I pushed (but failed) to get Qt adopted=
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t personally.=C2=A0 General translation: I&#39;m old.</div><div><br></div><=
div>I really like what&#39;s been done with the inflection point; it feels =
particularly <i>real</i>. That however, brings me to my point; I saw the in=
flection point, went to donate, then went into the timeline. I got slightly=
 confused at the book &quot;20 years of KDE&quot;; my dates slipped a bit a=
nd I thought it was recent (at my age, 20 years and 30 years seem similar).=
 It does seem a bit odd to me that the book is basically &quot;the history =
of KDE until 10 years ago,&quot; and there are other=C2=A0hints that the da=
tes are odd, specifically the lines:=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0</div><div><h4>=C2=
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=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Check out the <a href=3D"https://timeline.kd=
e.org" target=3D"_blank">KDE timeline</a></h4>and<h4>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
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a href=3D"https://community.kde.org/Promo/Events/Parties/KDE_20_Anniversary=
" target=3D"_blank">KDE 20th anniversary parties</a> all around the world. =
Organize a new one if your city is not on the list.</h4><div><br></div><div=
>The &quot;20 years&quot; looks close enough to &quot;29 years&quot; that t=
hey can get blurred in one&#39;s mind. Even worse is the page of 20th anniv=
ersary parties, which reads like it is currently being planned; --=C2=A0not=
 that=C2=A0it&#39;s a decade old. There&#39;s also a subliminal feeling tha=
t it is related to the &quot;inflection point&quot; throughout. It gives an=
 unfairly rough feeling to otherwise great work.</div><div><br></div><div>F=
irst, add a &quot;Coming Soon&quot; or &quot;In the Works&quot; quasi-annou=
ncement of Volume 2: &quot;The Next 10 years of KDE&quot;. I don&#39;t want=
 to put anyone under the gun, but it would be nice if it could be ready nex=
t year; if not, it can become the 21st century &quot;Duke Nukem Forever&quo=
t;=C2=A0=F0=9F=98=81</div><div><br></div><div>Second, change the text aroun=
d the KDE timeline to reflect that it&#39;s covering the full 29-30 years (=
maybe worded something like &quot;coming up on 30 years&quot;).</div><div><=
br></div><div>Third, Change the link to be the KDE 30th anniversary parties=
 next year, and clone the current site but strip out the specific party pla=
ns and just point to the anniversary date.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>I=
 think that will bring it up to the same quality as everything else you&#39=
;ve done.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>James =
Parker</div><div><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</=
a></div><br></div></div>

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