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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: KOffice 2.2, usability and the Q4 sprint
From:       Pau Garcia i Quiles <pgquiles () elpauer ! org>
Date:       2009-09-02 9:52:29
Message-ID: 3af572ac0909020252ja329674sd1975e5d35c942e1 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Pierre
Stirnweiss<pstirnweiss@googlemail.com> wrote:
> The contribute my 2 cents:
>
> I think there is a general consensus on two points:
> - we don't have as of yet (and probably not even before 2.2) all the basic
> core features in our applications (to various extend depending on the
> application). To be honest, I am not even sure these are really defined for
> every application in Koffice.
> - for the ones we have, problems (bugs) exist. This is the correctness
> discussion.
>
> Now, keeping in mind that we will add significant (both in size and in
> amount) features, is it realistic to state we can maintain stability in:
>
> - library API: perhaps if designed properly.
>
> - user interface and user interaction: if we are speaking of UI at a
> detailed level, I very much doubt it (as an example: tables in KWord are now
> pretty basic and do not require much UI, this will change pretty quick).
> Every new feature will have to be added to the UI. This means that when our
> basic core features are finally there we will have to redo the UI exercise
> again or have  a nice subset UI with additional features being patched up on
> top.
>
> So my opinion on the subject is that untill all the basic core features are
> there, all UI work (at a detailed level) requirering a useability expert is
> probably a loss of time. If we are speaking of having developers educated in
> basic UI principals, I think litterature on the subject is probably more
> efficient at this stage (as opposed to fly in somebody to do a lecture).
>
> On the other hand, API (re)design will help significantly for adding these
> required basic core features.

That exactly what I think. In fact, you did a much better job than I
expressing my own opinion :-)

-- 
Pau Garcia i Quiles
http://www.elpauer.org
(Due to my workload, I may need 10 days to answer)
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