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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: User Interface Guidelines
From:       Frans Englich <frans.englich () telia ! com>
Date:       2004-08-05 18:46:08
Message-ID: 200408051846.08165.frans.englich () telia ! com
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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



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