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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: bikeshedding by a list veteran
From:       "Zak Jensen" <coolguyzak () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-03-27 21:11:17
Message-ID: 21bb44f30603271311m164cf530n5b789d04932790c2 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 3/14/06, Celeste Lyn Paul <celeste@kde.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday 14 March 2006 17:15, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> > janne.ojaniemi@nbl.fi wrote:
> > > 1. From now on, I will back down when needed, instead of being
> pig-headed
> > > and shouting "no, you are wrong! This is the Right Thing To Do (tm)!"
> >
> > Interesting that you say this since AJS is often guilty of doing this as
> > well.  What is needed is to explain why you think that someone is wrong.
>
> The thing is when your argument is fundamentally wrong, its not worth our
> time
> to give you a psychology101 or design101 class to explain why.  But we do
> have to call you on it.

In which case, would it be appropriate to have a "list of common
usability mistakes", and point users towards that list? (E.g. an FAQ
or "Frequently Rejected Ideas" page.)

I know that it's a bit of an archaic concept... but maybe we can
spruce it up with some AJAX ;)

>
> --
> Celeste Lyn Paul
> KDE Usability Project
> usability.kde.org
>
>
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