[kde-guidelines] Styleguide: Start page

[Heiko Tietze]

Am Freitag, 2. August 2013, 14:44:04 schrieb Aurélien Gâteau:
> """
> Human interface guidelines (HIG) are software development documents that
> offer application developers a set of recommendations. Their aim is to
> improve the experience for users by making application interfaces more
> consistent and hence more intuitive and learnable.
> """
> What do you think of this?

I'm not sure. Pro: We could add the advice to contact the usability team [1] 
(cf. 2. Behavior). Con: A lot of space is needed that is relevant only for 
first time readers. And, to be honest, I wouldn't read all the stuff I write 
myself ;-) (Not until the krita team puts it into a nice comic.)

"All HIGs assume that the controls referenced in the "Implementation" sections 
are used. Therefore they only contain guidelines for aspects which can be 
changed by the developer, to keep them as concise as possible. 
If you feel your application needs something which the referenced standard KDE 
or Qt widget does not provide, do not create you own custom replacement, 
because it might violate best practice which is implemented in the standard 
widget. Instead, ask the KDE HIG team for advice on how to solve your specific 
problem."