On Montag, 4. April 2016 15:04:30 CEST Jonathan Riddell wrote: > I'm not convinced performant is a word although it seems to be used > for computer jargon > > http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/38945/what-is-wrong-with-the-word > -performant
It is clearly jargon. As Jens already said, the question is: Can we afford the jargon or not? We think we can, but there are certainly also good arguments against it. > The main part which surprises me is the user profile for professional > users. I guess you've thought about who that includes and who it > excludes? How does it differentiate us from the competition? By definition, we don't exclude anybody. Anybody _can_ use Plasma, for whatever they want. The focus on professional users (using Merriam-Webster's first simple definition of professional as "relating to a job that requires special education, training, or skill") gives us the advantage of making clear that Plasma is for getting a job done. That doesn't mean it cannot be used for recreational tasks, but the focus is on productivity. For example, any office suite I know is clearly made for professional use, but that doesn't keep people from using them at home. Yet if someone asks for a feature in an office suite that only makes sense in a recreational context, they will probably have a hard time convincing office suite makers to put significant effort into it, and I think that's a good thing. We want the same for Plasma. When someone asks us to implement feature X, we should ask back "Please explain how this feature makes you more productive", and if all they can come up with is "But I like it that way!", we can point to our vision and say "Sorry, not our focus". How does it differentiate us from the competition? In the desktop area maybe not so much (since most desktops seem to be geared towards professional productivity), but most mobile operating systems appear to be foremost environments for media consumption, and became productive tools more or less by accident. We can focus on productivity right from the start (Plasma Active did a lot in that direction, for example), allowing us to occupy a "niche" more easily (yes, Blackberry tries that, too, but due to their size, they need a far bigger niche to thrive in than we do). Hope that helps, Thomas _______________________________________________ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
