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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: The art of not offering customization
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () olympusproject ! org>
Date:       2002-05-29 19:25:35
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On May 29, 2002 12:40 pm, Gordon Tyler wrote:
> > a good project for an ambitious non-coder (or three =) might be to go
>
> through
>
> > each and every kcm and make a listing of all the features, what they do,
>
> and
>
> > where they currently are. from there, map out what the conceptual
> > relationships really are between the options. then, based on that
> > mapping, come up with a suggested organization of the features and
> > provide a comparison to what currently is there.
>
> Excellent idea. I would volunteer but being a coder and generally technical
> person, I don't know how suitable my viewpoint would be ;)

i don't think being a coder necessitates a usability-unfriendly viewpoint. in 
fact, i feel that idea is a myth fueld by coders who don't stop and think 
about usability and usability people who aren't into coding ;-)

just remember to think like a user: don't think so much about how the code 
behind the options interacts with the system, think about how the options 
relate to each other from a logics / linguistic / story-telling perspective.

if you can do that _and_ have an understanding of what the options "really do" 
(which, in KDE, sometimes requires that you are a programmer!), i think you'd 
be capable of doing a wonderful job...

- -- 
Aaron J. Seigo
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"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler" 
    - Albert Einstein
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