Hi, Looking at GNOME's road-map I found something that makes me uncomfortable; you say feedback comes from developers and other community members, and I can't help but wonder... what about the users? People complain all the time about "Linux" not being ready for the desktop, and to put a concrete example I will mention a firewall configuration application. It can be argued that it's the duty of the distribution, that it depends on the operating system, etc. It's easy to point how something is so difficult to implement that it's the duty of someone else... if you ask the developers. But what do users think? To mention some examples of user feedback there's Dell's IdeaStorm[1] and Firefox 3 Feature Brainstorming[2]. I prefer Dell's IdeaStorm because it's clear to see what their customers really really want. That is good marketing (making your product appeal to your target customer). If GNOME is aiming to be "an intuitive and attractive desktop for users" wouldn't it make sense to ask them for feedback? How can the road-map process not include any user feedback at all? I propose the creation of an idea storm system that allows users to propose features and vote for them. [1] http://www.dellideastorm.com/ [2] http://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Feature_Brainstorming -- Felipe Contreras _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
