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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: KDE-award?
From:       Peter Penz <peter.penz () jk ! uni-linz ! ac ! at>
Date:       1999-07-01 12:30:34
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Markus Holzem wrote:
> First of all: a monetary award would be out of place. KDE is free
> software for free people. Putting money in the process might spoil
> it all. As an award I would propose some kind of fancy "KDE compliance
> logo".
Sorry - I never wanted a "monetary award". I always *meant* a "KDE
compliance logo", but used the wrong word (I never believed my posting
would start such a discussion...).

> The first thing to do would be to merge the various style and
> standard documents written by Richard Moore and Mark Donohoe,
> adding
>  * metaphors  * desktop elements  * window elements  * standards  * ..
> ...
> With some help of others I would dedicate myself to the task,
> i.e. setting up consistent guidelines, designing standard
> dialogs, and setting up a test suite.
> 
Great!

> Before I or anyone should do a single thing (I suppose Peter
> would be interested in joining) 
Yes :-)

> ...the developers of KDE should
> vote whether they want a quality control on the usability of
> their applications and whether they are open to ideas coming
> from non-developers which might change the look and feel of
> KDE.
Right. Without the cooperation and the agreement of the develepers a
"KDE compliance"-logo has no sense.
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