[kde-guidelines] Reviving work on KDE HIG

Lydia Pintscher lydia at kde.org
Thu Jan 26 17:32:36 UTC 2012


On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 11:45, Thomas Pfeiffer <colomar at autistici.org> wrote:
> Hi HIG people,
> I just read an - older - article about KDE usability problems on
> datamation by Bruce Byfield
> (http://www.datamation.com/open-source/kde-4.7-long-term-vision-ongoing-my
> opia-3.html ) which concludes with a section "Looking for Balanced
> Guidelines", wherein Bruce claims that "too loose a set of common
> interface principles is preventing KDE from improving its users'
> experience in quick and effective ways."
> I'd say we should see this as a call to action to revive the HIG project
> again.
> Since I will soon start working on HIGs for Plasma Active, this would be
> the perfect time to expand the desktop HIGs as well so that both
> Workspaces are equally well equipped with guidelines.
> So, who would be willing to work on the HIGs again?
> Cheers,
> Thomas

I can't help you with the guideline itself but I can help get the word
out about it.


Cheers
Lydia

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