On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 12:05 +0000, Alex Hudson wrote: > On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 12:24 +0100, Murray Cumming wrote: > > > There were criticisms in there of Nautilus, the menu editor, performance > > > and usage of GNOME VFS (without specifics, it has to be said). Did those > > > ever get sent back to the Nautilus developers? How about a proposal to > > > include SMEG in 2.14? > > > > OK, but don't think it's going to help our marketing to have a discussion > > about whether spatial nautilus is good or not, as long as this mailing > > list remains as poorly informed about the user experience as the average > > slashdot commenter. > > As an outsider butting in :o), I would say it does, and being "poorly > informed" probably helps this list more than it hinders it. I'm not sure > what model most people have of marketing (in terms of, how does it > actually work, and how do you seek to achieve things using it?), but for > me the idea is that you're trying to get someone to draw a conclusion or > make a decision based on the materials/information you give them - > usually, a decision to buy (which may not be the case here). The most > convincing argument you usually hear is the one you make to yourself.
> And also, before I relurk again, I would suggest not trying to do too > much too soon - i.e., start small. Personally, I would attempt to hit > developers: getting people enthused about the GNOME platform to build > cool stuff for it. Developers build demand, users drive it IMHO - MS > have been fantastic at that in the past. Beagle, dashboard, F-spot, that > kind of app already generates buzz and excitement. There are surely some > quick wins there. I hope you don't lurk, it's good to have different perspective and what you're saying sounds pretty interesting. :-) sri -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list