For whom is KDE designing for?

Hi,

simple question, complicated answer. For whom is KDE
designing for?
What's the target group? Maybe someone can help me answering
it...

I think that's the central question when designing graphical
user
interfaces. It heavily depends on the point of view. For
simplicity, I'm
categorizing possible target people into five major groups.
Please don't
argue about the descriptions, you should get the idea...

  1. Users. The most simplest users you might think of.
Browsing,
     writing, playing, chatting, that's it! The experienced
GNOME user,
     if you like to call it that way 

  2. Advanced _users_. Having an idea of what
"configuration" is and are
     willing to change something about their graphical user
experience to
     fit their personal needs.

  3. System administrators. Knowing what a terminal is and
how to use a
     terminal based editor. Having an idea about what's
behind the fancy
     graphics.

  4. Programmers. Everything has to be so that most
productive work can be
     done. "The desktop is some kind of IDE"

  5. All of the above mentioned, making KDE so heavily
configurable that
     every distro and every company is able to customize it
in such an
     drastic way that it fits their own personal target
group.

I read several FAQs and papers from KDE usability but
couldn't find an
answer to that question. Is there one?

Thanks,
	Holger
 
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On Friday 25 May 2007, Holger Macht wrote:
>   5. All of the above mentioned, making KDE so heavily
configurable that
>      every distro and every company is able to
customize it in such an
>      drastic way that it fits their own personal
target group.

This is the right answer IMHO 

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On Friday 25 May 2007 10:39:25 Holger Macht wrote:
> Hi,
>
> simple question, complicated answer. For whom is KDE
designing for?
> What's the target group? Maybe someone can help me
answering it...
>
> I think that's the central question when designing
graphical user
> interfaces. It heavily depends on the point of view.
For simplicity, I'm
> categorizing possible target people into five major
groups. Please don't
> argue about the descriptions, you should get the
idea...
>
>   1. Users. The most simplest users you might think of.
Browsing,
>      writing, playing, chatting, that's it! The
experienced GNOME user,
>      if you like to call it that way 
>
>   2. Advanced _users_. Having an idea of what
"configuration" is and are
>      willing to change something about their graphical
user experience to
>      fit their personal needs.
>
>   3. System administrators. Knowing what a terminal is
and how to use a
>      terminal based editor. Having an idea about what's
behind the fancy
>      graphics.
>
>   4. Programmers. Everything has to be so that most
productive work can be
>      done. "The desktop is some kind of IDE"
>
>   5. All of the above mentioned, making KDE so heavily
configurable that
>      every distro and every company is able to
customize it in such an
>      drastic way that it fits their own personal target
group.
>
> I read several FAQs and papers from KDE usability but
couldn't find an
> answer to that question. Is there one?

Did you read that one:
http://wiki.openusability.org/guideli
nes/index.php/Introduction:KDE4_Vision

Anne-Marie


 
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On Fri 25. May - 10:49:00, Anne-Marie Mahfouf wrote:
> On Friday 25 May 2007 10:39:25 Holger Macht wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > simple question, complicated answer. For whom is
KDE designing for?
> > What's the target group? Maybe someone can help me
answering it...
> >
> > I think that's the central question when designing
graphical user
> > interfaces. It heavily depends on the point of
view. For simplicity, I'm
> > categorizing possible target people into five
major groups. Please don't
> > argue about the descriptions, you should get the
idea...
> >
> >   1. Users. The most simplest users you might
think of. Browsing,
> >      writing, playing, chatting, that's it! The
experienced GNOME user,
> >      if you like to call it that way 
> >
> >   2. Advanced _users_. Having an idea of what
"configuration" is and are
> >      willing to change something about their
graphical user experience to
> >      fit their personal needs.
> >
> >   3. System administrators. Knowing what a
terminal is and how to use a
> >      terminal based editor. Having an idea about
what's behind the fancy
> >      graphics.
> >
> >   4. Programmers. Everything has to be so that
most productive work can be
> >      done. "The desktop is some kind of
IDE"
> >
> >   5. All of the above mentioned, making KDE so
heavily configurable that
> >      every distro and every company is able to
customize it in such an
> >      drastic way that it fits their own personal
target group.
> >
> > I read several FAQs and papers from KDE usability
but couldn't find an
> > answer to that question. Is there one?
> 
> Did you read that one:
> http://wiki.openusability.org/guideli
nes/index.php/Introduction:KDE4_Vision

Yes, that is what I was looking for. So the answer is indeed
(5.) 

Regards,
	Holger
 
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On Fr 25. Mai - 12:55:44, Holger Macht wrote:
> On Fri 25. May - 10:49:00, Anne-Marie Mahfouf wrote:
> > On Friday 25 May 2007 10:39:25 Holger Macht
wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > simple question, complicated answer. For whom
is KDE designing for?
> > > What's the target group? Maybe someone can
help me answering it...
> > >
> > > I think that's the central question when
designing graphical user
> > > interfaces. It heavily depends on the point
of view. For simplicity, I'm
> > > categorizing possible target people into five
major groups. Please don't
> > > argue about the descriptions, you should get
the idea...
> > >
> > >   1. Users. The most simplest users you might
think of. Browsing,
> > >      writing, playing, chatting, that's it!
The experienced GNOME user,
> > >      if you like to call it that way 
> > >
> > >   2. Advanced _users_. Having an idea of what
"configuration" is and are
> > >      willing to change something about their
graphical user experience to
> > >      fit their personal needs.
> > >
> > >   3. System administrators. Knowing what a
terminal is and how to use a
> > >      terminal based editor. Having an idea
about what's behind the fancy
> > >      graphics.
> > >
> > >   4. Programmers. Everything has to be so
that most productive work can be
> > >      done. "The desktop is some kind of
IDE"
> > >
> > >   5. All of the above mentioned, making KDE
so heavily configurable that
> > >      every distro and every company is able
to customize it in such an
> > >      drastic way that it fits their own
personal target group.
> > >
> > > I read several FAQs and papers from KDE
usability but couldn't find an
> > > answer to that question. Is there one?
> > 
> > Did you read that one:
> > http://wiki.openusability.org/guideli
nes/index.php/Introduction:KDE4_Vision
> 
> Yes, that is what I was looking for. So the answer is
indeed (5.) 

And with reading a little bit more, summarizing it, it seems
that focus in
going towards (3.,4.,5.) without excluding (1.) and (2.)
 And
that's
also how I currently see KDE development. Thanks!

Regards,
	Holger
 
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How about specialists?  People who are using it for
particular
specialist tasks and may have very specific requirements,
but not be
that advanced at computers themselves?

Also learners - people using it for the sake of learning
more.
 
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