<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> On 04/28/2009 09:54 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:1240955675.32113.227.camel@adam.local.net" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Tue, 2009-04-28 at 23:33 +0200, Frank Schmitt wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">The following is just some random bullshit, please don't take it seriously. I just want to demonstrate length and terminology of such a hint for the user (but probably even talking about frameworks and applets might be to high level): [screen- Gnome: A desktop environment that tries hard to enforce shot consistent, accessible and coherent user interfaces. By default default the list of running applications and the main menu desktop] items are split into two panels. [screen- KDE: A desktop environment that gives its users more shot possibilities to adapt the environment to specific needs. In default KDE 4, panels and desktop are just different instances of a desktop] common framework, allowing to move applets between panels and the desktop. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> You're on to four to five lines of text, which is way more than anyone wants to read to make a selection like this. Your text also assumes knowledge of what a "desktop environment" is, what a "panel" is, what an "applet" is...(and whether that's a problem or not *again* comes down to exactly who we're caring about here). I know you said not to care too much about your specific text, but I see the same problems every time someone attempts this. Describing GNOME and KDE in a concise fashion in a way that makes sense to someone who doesn't already actually *know* the difference seems very close to an un-solveable problem. </pre> </blockquote> Well from my perspective I rather want to see a car ( screenshoots ) and take a look at it ( short introduction video ).. If I like what I see I would take it for a test drive ( live cd/usb ) rather than reading about it. Ones I run the car I would start reading what's under the hood.. Then again this discussion is kinda of topic and falls under what method each individual application uses to present it self which btw they are already facing JBG </body> </html>