KDE HIG: What do you do?

[Diego Iastrubni]

Hi Celeste,

I read your blog, and decided to bring this thread up. 

What I would like to see in the HIG, is something that talks about RTL user 
interfaces. The old developers here know some tricks, and know what to do and 
not to, but IMHO those ideas should be written in the HIG. 

Most of the issues, are taken care of by the layout system, but there are some 
widgets which should not be reversed. For example, widgets which display 
time, or date in Gregorian calendar (but only if not translated! translated 
calendars should be RTL also). I can also think of things which have to do 
with graphics (kwin themes, I mean, close should be on the right, and it has 
nothing to do with the language of the interface).

I assume this should be addressed in another list...?
ביום שני 09 אוקטובר 2006, 14:01, נכתב על ידי Celeste Lyn Paul:
> Hey all,
>
> I am preparing for a user test of the KDE4 HIG and would like to get some
> info from you, the users of the HIG.  Not to get too much in to the methods
> of the test, but basically I will observing and taking feedback about how
> participants complete typical sub-tasks like looking up a guideline,
> cross-referencing widgets, or referencing an accessibility implementation.
>
> I have a pretty good idea of some of the things you do and are looking for
> when using guidelines (per user research from last summer), however I want
> to give you the chance to give me some specific things you have or expect
> to do.
>
> For example, these are some simple task scenarios:
>
> * Look up guidelines for all widgets where you have to pay attention to
> text formatting
>
> * Learn more about dialog design and layout before working on a new wizard
>
> * Find out if there is a standard design or implementation for search boxes
>
> So.. (in not so many words..) what do _you_ do?  What are a sample of tasks
> or activities you perform (or plan to) when referencing interface
> documentation.
>
> Please keep me CC'd.
>
> Thanks!
>
> ~ Celeste

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