Thanks, Brian. I agree with all your comments and will incorporate them.
(The deskbar changes ended up in communication because I originally tried to
make that a "web 2.0 connection" type category but that didn't work well.)
Anybody else? Any of our regular press writing folks?

Stormy



On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Brian Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

>
> Stormy:
>
>  Better late than never, I think we should put together a press release.
>> I believe it should be short and highlight at most 3 things/themes. Or at
>> least the first paragraph should say everything important and highlight at
>> most 3 things and then the rest of the press release can include more
>> detail.
>>
>> Here's the three I'd suggest just from reading the release notes:
>>
>
>    - A new suite of communication tools: audio/video conferencing (Ekiga),
>>
>
> "communication and multimedia" might be more accurate.
>
> Ekiga isn't new.  The Ekiga 3.0 release is a great step forward, though.
> Might want to make that more clear.
>
>    new instant messaging client (Empathy), even better digital tv, and
>> deskbar
>>   plug-ins to bring the web and tools to your environment. (Might be
>> better
>>   just to highlight audio/video conferencing tool.)
>>
>
> The Deskbar changes aren't really related to communication or
> multimedia.
>
> Also the improved sound theme support fits into "multimedia".
>
>    - Continued support of the core GNOME values with enhanced accessibility
>>   features and support for developers. (Could list a few examples.)
>>
>
> Although the release notes don't highlight this, there has been a fair
> bit of infrastructure work.  gnome-session, gnome-settings-daemon and
> GDM have all been rewritten in order to take better advantage of D-Bus
> and work better.
>
> Brian
>
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