[kde-promo] KDE inside graphics? (Re: Linux Journal article on KDE on Windows)

[Stuart Jarvis]

On Wednesday 04 November 2009 12:11:47 Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 November 2009 10:06:23 Bernhard Reiter wrote:
> >   Am Dienstag, 3. November 2009 17:21:10 schrieb Bernhard Reiter:
> > > Am Dienstag, 3. November 2009 13:16:35 schrieb Stuart Jarvis:
> > > > > > Has KDE on Windows brought new users or developers or users to
> > > > > > KDE? (I'd be particularly interested to hear from anyone who
> > > > > > started with KDE on Windows as a user or developer. The FAQ
> > > > > > mentions an Amarok developer who apparently got involved through
> > > > > > an interest in Amarok on Windows)
> > > > >
> > > > > (Is using a product like Kleopatra, where a big bunch of KDE
> > > > > libraries coming with it, considered for the question? If so: Yes,
> > > > > lots of new users with Gpg4win2. :) )
> > > >
> > > > Yes, I guess a follow up question is do they only see Kleopatra as a
> > > > standalone application (and use that, which is nice) or do they
> > > > understadnnd it is related to KDE and then try and find out more
> > > > about that and see what else KDE can offer? Not an easy one to
> > > > answer.
> > >
> > > With current Gpg4win, KDE is not as visible as it should. People might
> > > not recognise Kleopatra as a KDE application, it is the whole package
> > > they use, e.g. directly from within Outlook (if they are using GpgOL).
> >
> > I consider doing a "KDE inside" thing to make this more visible at
> > several places, because the general "KDE" help tab is not really well
> > integrated and  understood. The logo or text could be displayed in more
> > places. Maybe this is a good idea in general as KDE technology (and
> > community efforts)  will get into more and more slick products in the
> > future.
> 
> It has one problem, KDE is a very fuzzy concept right now. So just "KDE
>  inside" won't work well. (Also might sound too much of a rip-off from
>  Intel.)
> 
Sebas you beat me to it :-) I agree "KDE inside" is probably not quite right 
for reasons you say.

> The idea of making the connection to KDE visible is good though. For
>  sub-brands, the marketing team has gone into the direction of calling
>  things "A KDE Project" (this is more in line with recent re-branding
>  efforts that separate  KDE applications, workspace, platform and the
>  community as different sub-brands. This process is ongoing, though, but
>  surely good to keep in mind when thinking of promoting (parts of) KDE.
> 
We're aiming to discuss these general branding issues at the promo sprint next 
week. Perhaps we can include thinking about a "KDE inside" idea too. Are there 
other applications that might benefit from something similar? Some kind of 
graphics might also be useful for websites for applications that are built on 
KDE libraries but not part of KDE 4 or extragear and not hosted on *.kde.org

Stu