On Wednesday 04 November 2009 10:06:23 Bernhard Reiter wrote: > Am Dienstag, 3. November 2009 17:21:10 schrieb Bernhard Reiter: > > Am Dienstag, 3. November 2009 13:16:35 schrieb Stuart Jarvis: > > > > > Has KDE on Windows brought new users or developers or users to KDE? > > > > > (I'd be particularly interested to hear from anyone who started > > > > > with KDE on Windows as a user or developer. The FAQ mentions an > > > > > Amarok developer who apparently got involved through an interest in > > > > > Amarok on Windows) > > > > > > > > (Is using a product like Kleopatra, where a big bunch of KDE > > > > libraries coming with it, considered for the question? If so: Yes, > > > > lots of new users with Gpg4win2. :) ) > > > > > > Yes, I guess a follow up question is do they only see Kleopatra as a > > > standalone application (and use that, which is nice) or do they > > > understadnnd it is related to KDE and then try and find out more about > > > that and see what else KDE can offer? Not an easy one to answer. > > > > With current Gpg4win, KDE is not as visible as it should. People might > > not recognise Kleopatra as a KDE application, it is the whole package > > they use, e.g. directly from within Outlook (if they are using GpgOL). > > I consider doing a "KDE inside" thing to make this more visible at several > places, because the general "KDE" help tab is not really well integrated > and understood. The logo or text could be displayed in more places. > Maybe this is a good idea in general as KDE technology (and community > efforts) will get into more and more slick products in the future.
It has one problem, KDE is a very fuzzy concept right now. So just "KDE inside" won't work well. (Also might sound too much of a rip-off from Intel.) The idea of making the connection to KDE visible is good though. For sub-brands, the marketing team has gone into the direction of calling things "A KDE Project" (this is more in line with recent re-branding efforts that separate KDE applications, workspace, platform and the community as different sub-brands. This process is ongoing, though, but surely good to keep in mind when thinking of promoting (parts of) KDE. -- sebas http://www.kde.org | http://vizZzion.org | GPG Key ID: 9119 0EF9 _______________________________________________ Kde-windows mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-windows
