[libreoffice-marketing] Persona will no longer use that name, but be part of "Themes" - according to Firefox

Hi :slight_smile:
Given that Mozilla are about to change the name from Persona to Theme should the version 4.0 guides reflect that?  The marketing team pointed out that "Theme" is used by MS Office in a very different way and that LO may gain that functionality fairly soon.  Someone suggested using "Skin" as that used to be a very popular term for what Personas do.  What do people here think we should do?

Regards from

Tom :slight_smile:

Hi :slight_smile:
Given that Mozilla are about to change the name from Persona to Theme should the version 4.0 guides reflect that?

If there is a reference to Firefox Persona in our docs (in the
chapters on customizing, probably), then that should probably be
changed now in our docs. Any reference to LO terminology, however,
should remain the same for now.

The marketing team pointed out that "Theme" is used by MS Office in a very different way and that LO may gain that functionality fairly soon. Someone suggested using "Skin" as that used to be a very popular term for what Personas do. What do people here think we should do?

We should not change anything in the docs until it's changed in the LO
UI itself.

As for "skin" vs "theme", I agree with discussion I've seen on the
marketing list, that the term "theme" is used for different purposes
and is already used in Calc. "Skin" is a commonly used term in many
programs I use, so it seems like the best choice (unless someone comes
up with a better one).

--Jean