Promo/Guidance/General KDE Talking Points: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 10:54, 27 October 2023

Warning

This page is outdated.

This page is far from done and needs a lot of work. Inspiration could come from https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_13_Talking_Points Moreover the content from the Whitepaper project should end up here as well.

Hot topics, good answers

In the Strategy Section you will find answers to typical questions and information on how to talk about some subjects like Akonadi and Nepomuk.

Wow features

Things to talk about or demonstrate that make KDE software better than the competition

KWin desktop effects
- Bling: Cover Flow switcher
- Useful: Desktop grid combined with expose type effect
Folder View
- quick and easy access to all kinds of real and virtual (think Nepomuk, network shares, etc) folders
- WOW: you can have more than one on your desktop - scrollable and you can digg down by hovering your mouse. Far more efficient than a bunch of random files on the desktop...
- Quickly drag'n'drop a folder on the desktop, create folderview, work from it, close it. No copying of files, yet everything on the desktop. Works great with activities!
Kopete
- All your chat accounts in one app
Amarok
- Wikipedia, Flickr, YouTube integration
- Magnatune - buy your music right here
Digikam
- Brilliant editor built in
- Export to everywhere with kipi
KRunner
- You computer is smart - type what you want to do/use
Marble
- OpenStreetMap
Gwenview
KIO
- Audiocd - "copy" files straight from the CD
- Fish
Microblog widget
Kwallet
Plasma flexibility - build your own workspace

Other ideas

I (Stu) have moved ideas I don't find compelling or needing more info to the 'Discussion' tab of this page to keep the main page clean. Please re-import things as required.

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-A list of cool features in KDE software that might form the basis of talking points or demonstrations of KDE software:
+{{warning|This page is outdated.}}
-*KWin desktop effects, particularly the useful ones: Cover Flow switcher, Expose type effect
+''This page is far from done and needs a lot of work.
-*Kopete - “You’ve got all your chat accounts in one app?”
+Inspiration could come from https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_13_Talking_Points
-*Amarok - Wikipedia, Flickr, YouTube, Magnatune etc integration
+Moreover the content from the Whitepaper project should end up here as well.''
-*Digikam - it’s just so cool all round, but the various export plugins are killer features
-*KRunner - a real swiss army knife (perhaps more for a technical audience)
-*Marble - very visual anyway, but fire up the OpenStreetMap view and people want it
-*Gwenview – it’s just so shiny, particularly in full-screen mode
-*K3b - Application for CD / DVD / Blueray authoring.  Use instead of Nero / PowerISO / Easy CD Creator.  Can rip, copy, erase and or burn with a number of supported formats, using application interface or guided wizards.
+==Hot topics, good answers==
-*KMyMoney2(soon to be version 4) - Application for home money management.  Use instead of Microsoft Money.  Hides the complexity of double accounting in simple to edit transactions.  Customizable reports show you where your money is being spent, with future projections.  Able to import from online bank websites.
-*Kaffeine - Application for DVD and video viewing.  Replaces PowerDVD / Microsoft Media Player.  Intuitive interface and able to skip the none skipable parts of a DVD.
-*Kdenlive - Application for video editing. Video editing for users. Similar to Sony Vegas
-*Dolphin - Very easy file browsing(the + mark feature for example), nice previews, split feature
-*Konqueror - F9 -> Tab "Services" -> "Audio CD Browser" -> "copying" an audio CD. Cow-Orker: "You CAN'T do that!" Me: "Right, but KDE can."
+In the Strategy Section you will find [[Promo/Strategy#Hot_Topics.2C_Good_Answers | answers to typical questions]] and information on how to talk about some subjects like Akonadi and Nepomuk.
-*Dolphin - Audio CD ripping just by copying folders!
+==''Wow'' features==
-*Yakuake - geeks and gamers generally fall in love with it (especially when coming from Gnome)
+Things to talk about or demonstrate that make KDE software better than the competition
-*Microblog widget - innocently opened on the desktop..
-*Device notifier applet + Battery applet
+*KWin desktop effects
-*Meteo applet in a PANEL (weather applet on desktop takes too much space and is generally useless, whereas put in the panel it's discrete and classy when you click on it and just pop-up the weather state!)
+**Bling: Cover Flow switcher
-*Folder View - quick and easy access to certain folders, certain kinds of files
+**Useful: Desktop grid combined with expose type effect
+*Folder View
+** quick and easy access to all kinds of real and virtual (think Nepomuk, network shares, etc) folders
+** WOW: you can have more than one on your desktop - scrollable and you can digg down by hovering your mouse. Far more efficient than a bunch of random files on the desktop...
+** Quickly drag'n'drop a folder on the desktop, create folderview, work from it, close it. No copying of files, yet everything on the desktop. Works great with activities!
+*Kopete
+**''All'' your chat accounts in one app
+*Amarok
+**Wikipedia, Flickr, YouTube integration
+**Magnatune - buy your music right here
+*Digikam
+**Brilliant editor built in
+**Export to everywhere with kipi
+*KRunner
+**You computer is smart - type what you want to do/use
+*Marble
+**OpenStreetMap
+*Gwenview
+*KIO
+**Audiocd - "copy" files straight from the CD
+**Fish
+*Microblog widget
+*Kwallet
+*Plasma flexibility - build your own workspace
+==Other ideas==
+I ([[User:Stu|Stu]]) have moved ideas I don't find compelling or needing more info to the 'Discussion' tab of this page to keep the main page clean. Please re-import things as required.