Feedback from DevDays

[Stefan Werden]

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:28:05 +0200, Fania Bremmer wrote:
> 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.
I attend the last two days. I was really impressive what the "first 
contact" with Plasma Active made with people!
99% just smiled and were very positive. A lot of them could not believe 
something like Plasma Active is availible and as part of KDE :)

I also felt something like a "shift in the perception of Plasma 
Active". I feels complete for most of them and it was directly compared 
with Apple and Android, but these projects came out years earlier. So 
the visitors are seeing Plasma Active ONE in a direct line with them. 
THIS much more than I ever expected!

So most of the feedback just jumped over the questions, if Plasma 
Active is usable or not. People just went to details and wishes. I like 
to thank Fania to pic up all the arguments and I thank here very much 
presenting Plasma Active and explaining it in a way probably one few 
people can.

>
> 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.
>
> 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?
>
> 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
>
> Fania
>
>
>
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