Enrico Ros proposing a SoC project for improving the GUI

[Leo Franchi]

On 8 Mar 2009, at 07:41, Mark Kretschmann wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> first I have to give you some background information on Enrico Ros -
> only old time Amarok hackers might still know him. Enrico is an
> Italian scientist, working in the field of robotics (I believe). He
> also happens to be a programmer and an absolute expert with computer
> graphics. He has done many graphics/GUI improvements in KDE, Amarok,
> and other applications (I think Okular), and the man is a _wizard_.
>
>
> as a starting point.
>
> What do you think about that?
> <end quote Enrico>
>
>
> My first personal thoughts about this are the following:
>
> 1) OMG yes, we want this man to work on Amarok.
>
> 2) He might be going too far, completely redesigning the GUI. We need
> to be careful and communicate precisely what we want, and what is "too
> much".
>
> 3) He should work together closely with our artists and usability  
> experts.
>
>
> What are your opinions?


If he is interested in a SoC project, shouldn't he come up with a  
proposal and stuff like everyone else? It is really hard to say  
anything from just an "I want to make amarok look good" kind of  
statement.

leo


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