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Subject: Rough Draft 1: New Project Website
From: JP Schnapper-Casteras <jp_sc () yahoo ! com>
Date: 2002-09-09 4:40:41
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Hi all,
Here's a draft I worked up of the new KDE Usability Project web site
I was reccomending. Comments and changes are welcome. More rough
drafts of other materials to come soon.
Best,
--JP *still without his laptop :-)* Schnapper-Casteras
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["kde_usability_page.htm" (text/html)]
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<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>KDE Usability Project</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<div align="center"><center>
<table border="0" width="595">
<tr>
<td><h1>KDE Usability Project</h1>
<ul>
<li><strong>Note: FIX and ADD links and repair
references to the webmaster and to non-existent
Working Documents and Reccomendations. Also,
add people and e-mail addresses to the "Who are we?"
section.</strong></li>
<li><a href="#What do we do?">What do we do?</a></li>
<li><a href="#How do we do it?">How do we do it?</a></li>
<li><a href="#Why does it usability matter?">Why does
usability matter?</a></li>
<li><a href="#Who are we?">Who are we?</a></li>
<li><a href="#Current Work">Current work:</a><ul>
<li><a href="#Working Documents">Working
Documents</a></li>
<li><a href="#Reccomendations">Reccomendations</a></li>
<li><a href="#Guidelines">Guidelines</a></li>
<li><a href="#Status">Status</a><ul>
<li><a
href="#Status of Working Documents">Status
of Working Documents</a></li>
<li><a
href="#Status of Reccomendations">Status
of Reccomendations</a></li>
<li><a
href="#Status of Communications">Status
of Communication</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#TODO">TODO</a></li>
<li><a href="#Free Desktop Usability site">Free
Desktop Usability site</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#Get Involved">Get Involved</a></li>
<li><a href="#Mailing List">Mailing List</a></li>
<li><a href="#Contact Active Member">Contact Active
Member</a></li>
</ul>
<h2><a name="What do we do?">What do we do?</a></h2>
<p>The KDE Usability Project aims to make KDE more
usable. In our minds, a "usable" desktop is one
that is easy for use for users of all types and
experience levels, clear and straighforward to learn, and
as efficient to use as possible. We believe that
improving and working on KDE's usability is crucially
important to it as world-class desktop environment.</p>
<h2><a name="How do we do it?">How do we do it?</a></h2>
<p>We aim to make KDE usable through:</p>
<ol>
<li>Analyizing KDE's User Interfaces, writing Working
Documents, and developing them into
Reccomendation documents</li>
<li>Working with application and core developers to
clarify and implement these Reccomendations</li>
<li>Providing the "KDE User Interface
Guidelines"</li>
<li>Contributing to the Free Desktop Usability web
site and Common Human Interface Guide</li>
</ol>
<h2><a name="Why does it usability matter?">Why does
usability matter?</a></h2>
<p>KDE usability matters for many reasons, a brief list
is:</p>
<ul>
<li>It allows users of all types and experience
levels to work more quickly</li>
<li>It reduces human error</li>
<li>It attracts and keeps new users (increases KDE's
user base)</li>
<li>It allows users to learn and adopt new apps more
quickly</li>
<li>It makes KDE more attractive to organizations
(companies, universities, governments)</li>
</ul>
<h2><a name="Who are we?">Who are we?</a></h2>
<p>In alphabetical order:</p>
<ul>
<li>Aaron Siego</li>
<li><a href="mailto:jpsc@stanford.edu">JP
Schnapper-Casteras</a></li>
</ul>
<p>To add your name to this list, e-mail ____ the
webmaster.</p>
<h2><a name="Current Work">Current work:</a></h2>
<h3><a name="Working Documents">Working Documents:</a></h3>
<p>Working Documents are a collections of suggestions and
reports for, problems with, and in some cases, usability
tests on a specific KDE application or part of KDE. They
are the staging ground for developing a concise
Reccomendation. For information on starting a new working
document, or contributing to one, see:</p>
<ul>
<li>How to Write and Maintain a "Working
Document"</li>
</ul>
<p>For a list of current, active Working Documents, see
the "Status" section of this page.</p>
<p>Past Working Documents, which have been turned into
Reccomendations or otherwise eliminated are:</p>
<ul>
<li>KOldApp</li>
</ul>
<h3><a name="Reccomendations">Reccomendations:</a></h3>
<p>Reccomendations are a concise, slimmed down, and
agreed upon list of suggestions that gets send an
application's or to the core developers. For information
on how to write or maintain a Reccomendation, see:</p>
<ul>
<li>How to Write and Maintain a
"Reccomendation" document</li>
</ul>
<p>For a list of current, active Reccomendations, see the
"Status" section of this page.</p>
<p>Past Reccomendations that have either been implemented
or otherwise closed are:</p>
<ul>
<li>KReallyOldApp</li>
</ul>
<h3><a name="Status">Status:</a></h3>
<h4><a name="Status of Working Documents">Status of
Working Documents:</a></h4>
<ul>
<li>KControl: Still collecting input, debate on
"Appearances" section</li>
<li>KSnapshot: Editing for "Reccomendation</li>
</ul>
<h4><a name="Status of Reccomendations">Status of
Reccomendations:</a></h4>
<ul>
<li>KOldApp: Final draft</li>
<li>KReallyOldApp: Working with developers on
implementation</li>
</ul>
<h4><a name="Status of Communications">Status of
Communications</a></h4>
<ul>
<li>With the GNOME Usability Project: discussing
section on commonalities</li>
<li>With developers:<ul>
<li>KReallyOldApp: Discussing reccomendated
changes to the option dialog</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3><a name="TODO">TODO:</a></h3>
<ul>
<li>Start Working Documents on:<ul>
<li>KApp1</li>
<li>KApp2</li>
<li>KApp3</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Revise Guidelines</li>
<li>Update web site</li>
<li>Educate developers</li>
</ul>
<h3><a name="Guidelines">Guidelines</a></h3>
<p>A new draft of the KDE User Interface Guidelines is
currently in the works and is <a href="http://fix.me">available
online</a>.</p>
<p>Older guidelines include:</p>
<ul>
<li>KDE User Interface Guidelines</li>
<li>KDE User Interface Principles</li>
</ul>
<h3><a name="Free Desktop Usability site">Free Desktop
Usability site</a></h3>
<p>The <a href="http://get.aURL">Free Desktop Usability
site</a> is the home of the Common Human Interface
Guidelines and Usability Principles. It contains lessons
about usability, an online course, and links to relevant
projects and guideline. The web site also helps promote
and further the cause of usability in the general Free
Software world.</p>
<h2><a name="Get Involved">Get Involved</a></h2>
<p>There are many ways to get involved. Check the Status
and TODO sections for some ideas. Also, join and e-mail
the mailing list or contact an and active member of the
project.</p>
<h2><a name="Mailing List">Mailing List</a></h2>
<p>Subscribe to the KDE Usability mailing list; archives
are also online.</p>
<p>Visit the <a href="http://get.aURL">Free Desktop
Usability site</a> for links to other related mailing
lists.</p>
<h2><a name="Contact Active Member">Contact Active Member</a></h2>
<p>Active members of the project include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Aaron Siego</li>
</ul>
<p>To add your name to this list, e-mail ____ the
webmaster.</p>
<hr>
<p align="center"><font size="2">This page was designed
and created by </font><a href="mailto:jpsc@stanford.edu"><font
size="2">JP Schnapper-Casteras</font></a><font size="2">.
The webmaster is ___.</font></p>
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