Raising the bar

[Jaroslav Reznik]

On Monday 29 June 2009 21:27:27 Matthias Clasen wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> we'd like to announce the 'Fit and Finish' initiative for Fedora,
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fit_and_Finish
>
> with the goal to improve the user experience of the Fedora desktop. We
> want to identify the small (and sometimes large) roadblocks that make
> everyday computer use harder than it needs to be, and try to fix them.

Does this apply only to so called "Fedora desktop" = Gnome or to Fedora 
Desktop - as desktop environments (KDE, LXDE, XFCE4)?

If only for Gnome, can we attend this effort either? Speaking in name of KDE 
SIG? It looks really interesting for me - avoid small bad user experience.

Jaroslav

> 'Fit and Finish' is meant to be complementary to the work of the Fedora
> QA team. They do a great job of ensuring the quality of all the new
> features that land in Fedora each cycle. But when features are developed
> and tested on their own, the overall experience of the system as a whole
> can sometimes end up a bit uneven and rough. 'Fit and Finish' will focus
> on improving the way our users experience Fedora.
>
> To achieve this, we will hold regular test days, each of which will
> focus on use cases in a certain area. A few ideas for test day topics
> can be found on the 'Fit and Finish' page already. If you have ideas for
> other areas that could benefit from this kind of attention, please let
> us know.
>
> Our first test day will focus on display configuration, and will be held
> on Tuesday, July 7, from 12:00 to 21:00 UTC (8am -> 5pm EDT), in the
> fedora-fit-and-finish irc channel on FreeNode. Please come and join us
> there !
>
>
> Matthias Clasen for the Desktop team