This link was posted in response to a similar thread i started on fedora-devel, and provides a good user "review" of the release notes... http://thorstenl.blogspot.com/2008/12/read-same-paragraphs-every-half-year.html cheers, ryanlerch On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 3:12 AM, Basil Mohamed Gohar <abu_hurayrah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 11:25 -0500, Eric Christensen wrote: >> On Sat, 2009-01-31 at 00:15 +0800, Basil Mohamed Gohar wrote: >> > And I have to say, maybe it's just me, but I was far more "wowed" and >> > "awed" by the Gnome & KDE release notes than the Fedora ones. I still >> > got what I wanted from the Fedora ones, but the Gnome & KDE ones really >> > gave me that desire to try them out. >> >> So in addition to the facts we should throw in some sparkly objects that >> make people NEED to come try it out. The world might end unless you try >> out our new features! >> >> I agree. I've never read the GNOME or KDE release notes but I will now. >> If we are missing something that could entice people to come on over >> then we are missing out. > > I guess the main difference I recall are: > * Mentioning of what makes $thisrelease better than $thisrelease-- > * A reasonably flat layout in one document. No more than 2 levels > of hierarchy (easy to digest) > * Anything that needs more details is linked elsewhere > * The document itself looks pretty. If there is a compelling new > style, then that theme is used (e.g., KDE). If the website has > a nice interface, than that style is used (Gnome). I fear, > currently, Fedora Project is lacking on both fronts, at least on > the web side. > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Basil Mohamed Gohar > abu_hurayrah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > www.basilgohar.com > > -- > fedora-docs-list mailing list > fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list > -- fedora-docs-list mailing list fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list
