From kde-core-devel  Tue Feb 15 17:33:03 2005
From: "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:33:03 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Future of KDE Development
Message-Id: <200502151033.12863.aseigo () kde ! org>
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On Monday 14 February 2005 11:32, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> i'd like to see UI review become part of the standard operating procedures
> for apps in KDE4 that ship as part of KDE. if we can get the HIG completed
> and adopted by the time libs is ready for apps to be seriously ported to
> it, then we can do these things in tandem. i think this is doable.

seeing as there were no objections to this (or interest? ;) i'm going to=20
extend this concept a bit further:

i'd really like to see that _any_ user-facing GUI that goes into the "KDE=20
desktop" (konqueror, kicker, kdesktop, kwin, kcontrol; hrm.. what else?) ge=
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a UI review BEFORE being ok'd for inclusion in release. this would happen=20
before, on or around the time of committing it. the review would include=20
checking for HIG compliance and, time and resources permitting, a review by=
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another KDE contributor for usability and accessibility concerns.

i'd also like to propose that we have another freeze period in the release.=
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after feature freeze but before string and documentation freezes, it would =
be=20
very nice to have a UI review freeze.

this release Waldo has been spearheading a review of kcontrol and i've been=
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doing clean ups in konqueror, kfiledialog and kontact. these are made more=
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difficult by the string freeze and are harder to do before the feature=20
freeze. by having a recognized period of time for this it would also draw=20
more attention and effort towards getting our GUIs clean and consistent.

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Aaron J. Seigo
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