[kde-guidelines] Hi! Introduction and short notes about the Plasma Sprint

[Heiko Tietze]

On Friday 17 January 2014, 12:12:12 Jens Reuterberg wrote:
> Hi my name is Jens Reuterberg, I was present at the Plasma Sprint in
> Barcelona as a "design dude" (which is what I work with AFK) and I read
> about this mailing list on Sebas blog and thought I should be present in
> it.
>...

Hi Jens,

you are very welcome! I think we all agree in your reasoning about the importance 
of usability (the actual workflow, primarily related to usability experts), 
functionality (use of controls and common interactions for devs), and user 
experience (about look and feel, of interest for designers, translators etc.). This 
trinity is well addressed by Baxley which we choose as basis for our HIG [1].

As far as I see you were primarily talking about the presentation layer in 
particular about Style. And I fully agree that 'KDE provides full theming[1] to 
users.' could be improved. 

When it comes to 'various pop-ups' I'd like to go into detail. Basically, something 
pops-up in case of user-driven information, usually a tool-tip, or when the system 
has something to tell, i.e. via message panel or notification. Perhaps you could 
integrate your ideas into this consideration [2].

Again, its great to have more people on this list, and especially designers are 
rare companions this days.

Cheers,
Heiko.

[1] http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Usability/HIG/About 
[2] http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Usability/HIG#User_Assistance

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[1] http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Plasma/Theme
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