Feedback from DevDays

Thomas Pfeiffer colomar at autistici.org
Thu Oct 27 14:55:59 UTC 2011


> So, the Qt DevDays are over and I came back with a lot of user feedback,
> impressions and lots of applause. In general most people have been
> really amazed, what has been achieved with Plasma Active over the last
> few months.

> A lot of people saw and tested it some months ago and were impressed
> how
> far we got for PA1. A lot just heard from it by other people and dropped
> by the booth to see it themselves. So not only KDE people, but also
> business people and private person showed interest for the project.

That's great to hear! :)

> I tried to give not much hints when users tried to find there way
> through the system to find out the weak points in the UI. And of course
> they struggled with some points here... I will write some of that
> feedback here as RFCs like Aaron did - sorry already now for spamming
> the ML in the next time with that :)
> 
> But I guess its really important to adapt and adjust the current
> features, as the usability problems really disrupt the interaction and
> smoothness of our system.

Did you point them to the introduction video? I think having seen this
is just a necessary precondition to being able to use PA. We should
(first)
tackle the problems that persist even after people have seen the video. 

> It would be good to have a short comment from you for each RFC and a
> soon decision if we find the point relevant -> then it should go into
> the bugtracker to fix it. If we find it relevant, but not for PA2 -> it
> should go in our backlog (is this our task wiki page??!). If we find it
> not relevant enough or have different opinions -> we can drop it or
> discuss further :)
> 
> Does this sound fine?

+1

> So, once again, thumbs up for the good work; thanks to everyone who
> participated and created a piece of Plasma Active. I guess the big wave
> will hit us soon :D

We'll be ready, then ;)



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