From kde-usability Thu Aug 05 18:46:08 2004 From: Frans Englich Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 18:46:08 +0000 To: kde-usability Subject: Re: User Interface Guidelines Message-Id: <200408051846.08165.frans.englich () telia ! com> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-usability&m=109173126326515 On Thursday 05 August 2004 20:49, Aaron Seigo wrote: > hi all... > > it's GREAT to see people so very interested in getting our UIG in order. > there are a few logistical things to consider first, however: > > 1. having multiple "standards" is obviously of little use. we need ONE set > of guidelines. this means a unified effort. > > as you probably know, at the last KDE World Conference there were people > interested in rewriting them with us. this did not materialize, largely due > to a lack of coordination. there are even MORE of these people coming to > aKademy this year, and as i am actually able to attend this year i will be > putting effort into the coordination aspects of this. assuming things work > out there, it would make the most sense to coordinate those efforts with > ours here. if it doesn't, then we can forge ahead. but either way, i'll be > holding off to see what happens @ aKademy. > > had this topic started 6 months ago, it would be a different story =) > > > 2. developer buy in is critical. we can come up with the best UIG the world > has ever seen but if the people who do the actual implementation do not > feel like stakeholders in the document and instead feel like it's "someone > from the outside trying to tell them what to do" it won't do any good. one > of the other topics that will be discussed at aKademy is how to get the > developers involved in a healthy, useful way in revamping the UIG. these > discussions will be held WITH the developers, face to face. > > so aKademy will be quite important for the future of our UIG. i'll keep > everyone posted on progress as it happens, and i'll hold off on entering > discussions on a new UIG until aKademy. Sounds good. Are you planning to actually extend the guidelines at aKademy? Then it could be a good idea of me to prioritize the docbook'ing and move to usability.kde.org. Frans _______________________________________________ kde-usability mailing list kde-usability@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-usability