On Fri, 23 Sep 2005, Ben Fowler wrote:
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 09:13:34 +0100 From: Ben Fowler <ben.the.mole@...400...> To: Inkscape Devel List Inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] In the press
On 9/22/05, John Cliff <simarilius@...36...> wrote:
We're in the news section of linux magazine too: http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/59
Yes, I meant to mention that one.
... Linux format had both inkscape 0.42 (dont know if it was 0.42.2) and the OCAL release on the DVD, didnt fancy spending £6.50 on a magazine about an OS i dont use so cant tell you what packages they put on there.
Which OS is it that you don't use? Gentoo?
It might be an idea to check whether Linux Format are planning to put version 0.43 (think autopackage http://wiki.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?CompilingAutopackage )
I always thought it would be nice if we could convince magazines to carry windows versions of cross platform Open Source Software, or at least carry something like Inkview. It could help spread SVG and help give Open Source users a way to share documents even with those who are not using Linux. I guess I should edit the press page with something to that effect.
anyway, the press releases seem to be working, and the articles seem to be positive, full of praise for the gradient editing and text improvements.
An interesting problem in any development is getting people to critique it.
I think reviews help developers prioritise but any eejit (i.e. me) can open their eyes and look at what the competition are doing. (Call me a consultant, give it a fancy title like Competative Analysis and it would probably cost you a lot of money for me to point out the obvious.)
Your friends may be prepared to look at and use the development, but will not often give criticisms. Magazines often ignore and will not publish reviews of below average software.
We have to go out there and look for negative comments, as they are not available just for the taking.
Sure they are, I've no shortage of cricisms of Inkscape and the bug tracker is full of them. If the developers take an honest look at Inkscape they know there are things which could be improved. However it it would be (more) annoying for developers if I constantly criticized, I try to get the jabs in first before the slashdot trolls do and at least that way the developers can say "we know and we're working on it."
Also it is also a long way from providing criticism to detailed analysis developers can actualy work with (which we cannot reasonably expect reviewers to provide and which I am always expect to provide anytime I criticise even though the developers are perfectly able to do it themselves.)
Sincerely
Alan Horkan
Inkscape http://inkscape.org Abiword http://www.abisource.com Dia http://gnome.org/projects/dia/ Open Clip Art http://OpenClipArt.org
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