Great work! I read a lot of the comments as well. You might consider adding "Number of libraries/dependencies" also. This is a common complaint at work and we are finally addressing that I think.
sri On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 02:28:12AM -0300, Santiago Roza wrote: > It's done: I've read [almost] every single comment from the 2.12 > release articles (including Slashdot and OSNews, which Travis was > going to cover... sorry Travis, I got carried away), and here's the > compiled list of complaints/suggestions/etc. > > I guess someone (who has actual contact with them, unlike me) should > pass this to the development list as soon as possible, cause it's very > valuable information IMHO. > > > > * GENERAL CRITICISMS/SUGGESTIONS: TOP 5 > (common to most articles) > > 1) add full GNOME VFS support to all applications (especially GNOME apps) > 2) optimize performance and memory footprint > 3) Nautilus seems to be the most criticised GNOME app: many people say > it's slow (compared to Konqueror or Win Explorer), many complain about > not being able to type URLs in the File Selector/Manager (without > pressing Ctrl+L), many complain about not being able to (easily) turn > off the multi-window behaviour, and some others think it lacks > functionality (found in Konqueror or Win Explorer) > 4) most people disliked the new menu editor; they suggest we bundle > SMEG (or something equally capable) > 5) many many readers asked where to find updated packages for their > distribution; maybe we should work alongside with major distros to > have GNOME packages ready on release time (or make our own packages) > > > > * OTHER GENERAL CRITICISMS/SUGGESTIONS: > (not so common and/or relevant) > > - stability issues with xcompmgr (X Compositing Manager; it handles > transparency/shadows) > - doubts about the nature of the GNOME LiveCD ("what is it based on?" > - IMHO next time we should clearly state it's based on Ubuntu) > - complaints about certain lack of ACL functionality (some users > suggest that we should at least integrate Eiciel into Nautilus) > > > > * CRITICISMS/SUGGESTIONS FROM SPECIFIC ARTICLES: > (and/or their comments) > > http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=11800 > - incomplete/confusing API documentation > - add full front-end to the Bluetooth stack > - "phone and PDA syncing that actually works" > > http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=11788&limit=no&threshold=-1 > http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=11800&limit=no&threshold=-1 > - easily open a terminal in the current directory (like the > nautilus-open-terminal add-on) > - "merge all settings into one single preferences application" > > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/07/2329227&from=rss > - stability of multimedia software (especially Totem and the GStreamer > framework in general) > - some readers say their GNOME 2.12 "feels" faster due to 3D > acceleration; in the future we should think of some way to tell them > if it's turned on or not (to avoid these false impressions) > > http://gnomedesktop.org/node/2391 > - "spatial metaphor in GNOME broken and violated (eg: the file open > dialog is always navigational, never spatial)" > > > > * ARTICLES WITH NO COMMENTS: > (or no interesting comments... or which comments I couldn't find > because I'm an idiot :P) > > http://barrapunto.com/article.pl?sid=05/09/07/191200 > http://lwn.net/Articles/150676/ > http://channels.lockergnome.com/linux/archives/20050907_gnome_212_released.phtml > http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=30291&category=software > http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS4356551088.html > http://digg.com/linux_unix/GNOME_2.12_Released > http://www.linuxparatodos.net/geeklog/article.php?story=20050908001403158 > http://www.softwarelivre.org/news/4696 > http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/ubb.x?a=dl&s=50009562&f=174096756&x_id=1126212290&x_subject=GNOME+2.12+is+afoot&x_link=http://arstechnica.com&x_ddp=Y > http://planet.gentoo.org/developers/flameeyes/2005/08/25/gnome_2_12 > http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-Launches-GNOME-2-12-Desktop-7909.shtml > http://cofradia.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=15041 > http://www.techspot.com/news/18650-gnome-212-released.html > http://hardware.newsforge.com/newsvac/05/09/07/207230.shtml > http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=danews.story&STORY=/www/story/09-07-2005/0004102090&EDATE=WED+Sep+07+2005,+01:13+PM > http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050907/sfw131.html > http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20050907120839978 > http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/GNOME_Project_unveils_latest_version_of_Linux_and_Unix_desktop > http://br-linux.org/linux/?q=node/1715 > http://www.softwarelivre.org/news/4696 > http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39217105,00.htm > http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=67998&cat_id=580 > http://www.newsforge.com/newsvac/05/09/07/1546239.shtml > http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1856185,00.asp > > > > * ARTICLES IN GERMAN/FRENCH: > (two languages I can't read, so unless we want to trust Google Translate...): > > http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/63253 > http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=2160606 > http://linuxfr.org/2005/09/08/19543.html > http://www.pro-linux.de/news/2005/8610.html > http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/63689 > http://www.oszine.de/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3941 > http://www.linux-community.de/Neues/story?storyid=17628 > > > -- > Santiago Roza > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://santiagoroza.blogspot.com/ > -- > marketing-list mailing list > marketing-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list -- -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list