Hello Everyone? i've been reading this mail for sometime now. A
Fedora
Project Store isnt a bad idea but 1st lets get certain things right
like; Fedora really needs to make software update using GUI tools much
more easier than it currently is. Yum remains the best way & remember,
coding is seen as geeky. Fedora does not do well as compared to Ubuntu
on slower networks i.e a Huwei 3G Modem so update via GUI's usually
wouldnt work. We need more developers, awareness & solid testing in this
area. A Fedora Project Store in Nigeria or every Continent wouldnt be a
bad idea! lol....thinking of it already...except it's a violation of
somesort as againts Red Hat or GPL etc
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Fabian A. Scherschel
<fab(a)sixgun.org>
wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Harish Pillay <hpillay(a)redhat.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> * on the Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 06:16:02PM +0200, Fabian A. Scherschel
>> was
>> commenting:
>> > On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Harish Pillay <hpillay(a)redhat.com>
>> > wrote:
>>
>> It is not trying to be cool or to mislabel anything. It is to clarify
>> and encourage self-discovery for users who would otherwise be saying
>> that "oh, this is Linux. it is difficult."
>
> You are misunderstanding me: In calling it a software STORE (or some
> derivative of it), you *are* mislabeling, if you want or not.
>
> "Add/Remove Software" is very clear. It does exactly what it says. Do
> you
> have any case studies of users being confused by that? I can't imagine
> *anybody* who wouldn't be clear about what that label means, to be
> honest...
Why not suggest to the Design and Desktop teams that they put a link
to PackageKit in the new GNOME3 dash by default, with the name "Get
More Software"? People looking to *remove* software likely already
know what the Add/Remove Software tool is for and where to find it.
People who don't know where to find ways to add software would find
that icon easily in the dash and understand a name like that.
There may be specific usability reasons or motivations for why such an
icon isn't good or useful. I'm not aware of them but that doesn't mean
they don't exist. But that seems like it would help get further toward
what Harish is talking about, without obscuring or possibly confusing
the nature of our free software community.
Paul
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