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> cross-platform packaging Qt applications, especially written and Python definitely isn't too easy. If this is the point, then this program doesn't look bad at

> cross-platform packaging Qt applications, especially written and Python definitely isn't too easy. If this is the point, then this program doesn't look bad at all! That's what it is about, yes, sorry. I should have written the article shows how to create a Linux GUI. I let myself be distracted by SEO considerations ("Linux GUI programming").

alxlaz 8y ago
Well, it's not like you're showing anyone how to create a Linux GUI, either (unless, you know, you count the copy-paste part :-) ). If SEO is the goal, perhaps it's worth looking into keywords along some other directions? A lot of folks who get past the "getting started with Qt" part is going to be interested in the problem of packaging Qt applications (especially where Python is involved, which comes with its own set of difficulties). If these are the people such an article is relevant for, I doubt "Linux GUI programming" is the kind of stuff they're googling for. After all, they already know a little about that, the problem is how to let their friends use what they wrote already. Meanwhile, people who are googling things like "how to write gui program Linux" probably need help figuring out things like signals and slots, not how to package an application that they can't even write yet.
- mherrmann 8y ago
  I do feel like I am showing people how to create a Linux GUI. After all, they do end up with a GUI. I already have a few other articles targeting other key words, and I feel the unique contribution of this one (and the latest version of fbs, which this one aims to spread the word about) is a much better solution for ... Linux GUI programming. But I'll keep in mind what you said. I'm still pretty new to SEO.
  - aflag 8y ago
    It's quite clickbaity. I clicked on it and I was disappointed.
    - mherrmann 8y ago
      I'm sorry. dang (the moderator) has since changed the title. (I can't change it any more now.) Hopefully it's better.
      - AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
        A better title might have been "package a standalone PyQT GUI application in minutes". I like that the project supports AppImage. I don't suppose fman supports displaying AppImage icons? I've been keeping my eye out for any filemanager that does.
      - alxlaz 8y ago
        I guess it's better, but I'm with AnIdiotOnTheNet on this one :-). Packaging is definitely something important, and definitely not something that we ought to be looking down upon. Why avoid calling it by its name?
  - subway 8y ago
    No. You are showing people how to copypasta some GUI code from an article.
  - purerandomness 8y ago
    SEO or not, the disappointment comes from expecting one thing, and then getting another. When I clicked on the title, I expected to learn about how to create a Linux GUI. This article did not, in any way, shape or form, teach me anything about how to create a Linux GUI. It introduces a tool which solves a problem I'm not sure I'm having, related to packaging (why would I care, it's the distributor's job anyway, no one using Linux should ever have to download an installer manually, ever) SEO is not about promisig something, making them click, and then giving people something completely different. It's about targeting the needs of a group that has a particular pain, and addressing them well.

alxlaz 8y ago

Well, it's not like you're showing anyone how to create a Linux GUI, either (unless, you know, you count the copy-paste part :-) ). If SEO is the goal, perhaps it's worth looking into keywords along some other directions? A lot of folks who get past the "getting started with Qt" part is going to be interested in the problem of packaging Qt applications (especially where Python is involved, which comes with its own set of difficulties). If these are the people such an article is relevant for, I doubt "Linux GUI programming" is the kind of stuff they're googling for. After all, they already know a little about that, the problem is how to let their friends use what they wrote already. Meanwhile, people who are googling things like "how to write gui program Linux" probably need help figuring out things like signals and slots, not how to package an application that they can't even write yet.

mherrmann 8y ago
I do feel like I am showing people how to create a Linux GUI. After all, they do end up with a GUI. I already have a few other articles targeting other key words, and I feel the unique contribution of this one (and the latest version of fbs, which this one aims to spread the word about) is a much better solution for ... Linux GUI programming. But I'll keep in mind what you said. I'm still pretty new to SEO.
- aflag 8y ago
  It's quite clickbaity. I clicked on it and I was disappointed.
  - mherrmann 8y ago
    I'm sorry. dang (the moderator) has since changed the title. (I can't change it any more now.) Hopefully it's better.
    - AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
      A better title might have been "package a standalone PyQT GUI application in minutes". I like that the project supports AppImage. I don't suppose fman supports displaying AppImage icons? I've been keeping my eye out for any filemanager that does.
    - alxlaz 8y ago
      I guess it's better, but I'm with AnIdiotOnTheNet on this one :-). Packaging is definitely something important, and definitely not something that we ought to be looking down upon. Why avoid calling it by its name?
- subway 8y ago
  No. You are showing people how to copypasta some GUI code from an article.
- purerandomness 8y ago
  SEO or not, the disappointment comes from expecting one thing, and then getting another. When I clicked on the title, I expected to learn about how to create a Linux GUI. This article did not, in any way, shape or form, teach me anything about how to create a Linux GUI. It introduces a tool which solves a problem I'm not sure I'm having, related to packaging (why would I care, it's the distributor's job anyway, no one using Linux should ever have to download an installer manually, ever) SEO is not about promisig something, making them click, and then giving people something completely different. It's about targeting the needs of a group that has a particular pain, and addressing them well.