Re: Changing the AbiWord slogan and top level text on the website.

Well,

"MicroSoft Word" (is it really "MicroSoft" or just "Microsoft") is not
"a free Word Processor", which could in a way be suggested by this
text (I know mostly it will be read the way you intended it, but it
can also be read the other way by some non-native readers).

Why is "Word Processor" with capital letters? Is that a brand or something?

Also, why mention just Word and not OpenOffice.org Writer? Well, most
people know Word, I understand.

Also, why not mention its lightweightness, portability (as in portable
versions) and cross-platformness (although there is still no OSX
build)? OK, that are not the most important features, I know.

Here is my updated suggestion:
"AbiWord is a lightweight open source word processor with features
like Microsoft Word. However AbiWord also enables concurrent work on
the same document by several users with the free abicollab.net
service."

And a slogan or undertitle: "The real-time collaborative word processor"

See also here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_real-time_editor

Lp, m.

2009/11/2 Martin Sevior <msevior@gmail.com>:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> AbWord's slogan "Word Processing for everyone" nicely encompassed the
> goal of our project.
>
> However with the release of AbiWord-2.8 we now have a new unique
> feature that enables us to stand out from the crowd.
>
> I propose that we change our slogan to "Share your writing". (This
> text was suggested by Marc Maurer)
>
> and that the first few sentences of our website say:
>
> "AbiWord is a free Word Processor similar to MicroSoft Word. However
> AbiWord also enables many people to work on the same document at
> exactly the same time with the free abicollab.net website."
>
> Opinions? Other suggestions?
>
> Cheers
>
> Martin
>
Received on Mon Nov 2 08:57:52 2009