On Tue, 2009-04-28 at 23:33 +0200, Frank Schmitt wrote: > The following is just some random bullshit, please don't take it > seriously. I just want to demonstrate length and terminology of such a > hint for the user (but probably even talking about frameworks and > applets might be to high level): > > [screen- Gnome: A desktop environment that tries hard to enforce > shot consistent, accessible and coherent user interfaces. By > default default the list of running applications and the main menu > desktop] items are split into two panels. > > > [screen- KDE: A desktop environment that gives its users more > shot possibilities to adapt the environment to specific needs. In > default KDE 4, panels and desktop are just different instances of a > desktop] common framework, allowing to move applets between panels and > the desktop. You're on to four to five lines of text, which is way more than anyone wants to read to make a selection like this. Your text also assumes knowledge of what a "desktop environment" is, what a "panel" is, what an "applet" is...(and whether that's a problem or not *again* comes down to exactly who we're caring about here). I know you said not to care too much about your specific text, but I see the same problems every time someone attempts this. Describing GNOME and KDE in a concise fashion in a way that makes sense to someone who doesn't already actually *know* the difference seems very close to an un-solveable problem. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org http://www.happyassassin.net -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
