This was supposed to be a product announcement, I guess, but 90% of it was spent bitching.
Instead of telling me what Krita is, why I should use it, and how exciting it’s now available on the Mac App Store, we get complaints and lectures. (You don't need to tell us that it costs more on the Mac App Store and complain about it; just set the price to what you need it to be, maybe have some tact and say something like "Each app store's pricing reflects their unique costs and revenue sharing model")
I realize this is an open-source project and not a commercial product, but if the goal is to spread the word and grow the user community, this style of bitterness won't do it.
That’s not the point. Obviously I know how to search and figured out what it is.
I’m just saying that when you write press releases and articles you should probably be mindful of the fact that it might be someone’s first impression of you.
I’d never heard of Krita before this post and my first impression is that their maintainers have rocks in their shoes.
The "Press" section on the other hand has this as its first sentence: "Krita is the full-featured free digital painting studio for artists who want to create professional work from start to end."
Instead of telling me what Krita is, why I should use it, and how exciting it’s now available on the Mac App Store, we get complaints and lectures. (You don't need to tell us that it costs more on the Mac App Store and complain about it; just set the price to what you need it to be, maybe have some tact and say something like "Each app store's pricing reflects their unique costs and revenue sharing model")
I realize this is an open-source project and not a commercial product, but if the goal is to spread the word and grow the user community, this style of bitterness won't do it.