Advertisement: We should include the "libdivecomputer" aspect

[Jef Driesen]

On 06-02-13 06:48, Dirk Hohndel wrote:
> Lutz Vieweg <lvml at 5t9.de> writes:
>
>> One additional thought on advertising subsurface to the "non-IT-affine"
>> majority: I think that the ability of subsurface to directly import log
>> data from a multitude of different DC models, including older ones, is
>> one of the outstanding features that make subsurface much different from
>> the "many other" dive log applications, including online-services, that
>> cannot do this.
>>
>> Yes, this ability may technically be a feature of "libdivecomputer"
>> rather than of subsurface, but the broad public will be unable to
>> understand that distinction, and it would completely confuse people
>> to speak of both pieces of software not as a whole.
>>
>> Thus I propose (assuming the authors all agree) to make
>> both the subsurface web page texts and any advertising material
>> cover both subsurface and libdivecomputer together.
>>
>> What do you think?
>
> I wouldn't expect Jef to be against that, but we certainly should ask
> :-)

Of course I don't mind! Go ahead!

Jef