[kde-guidelines] Styleguide: Vision

[Thomas Pfeiffer]

On Tuesday 28 January 2014 22:32:39 Heiko Tietze wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 January 2014, 21:25:53 Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
> > > == Best Practice ==
> > > * Consider the
> > > [http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Usability/Principles/KDE4_Vision| KDE
> > > vision] in your project.
> > 
> > Same as the other two ;)
> > An example would be very helpful here as well. Maybe we should pick an
> > application we work closely with (KTp?), create a vision with them and
> > then
> > include it here?
> 
> http://community.kde.org/KTp/Usability#Vision
> 
> I like this series of articles:
> http://grundleborg.wordpress.com/2011/04/01/the-vision-of-kde-telepathy-part
> -1-%E2%80%93-the-problem/
> 
> But is KTp really a prototypical project?

I don't know what would make a "prototypical KDE project", but I don't think 
KTp's vision would be fundamentally different from other projects' visions. 
They offer benefits to certain users with certain tasks in certain situations.

> > > [[Category:Usability]][[Category:Structure]][[Category:Task_Flow]]
> > > 
> > > As for persona: Should we absorb the old vision page? And by the way,
> > > the
> > > vision seems to be outdated: "KDE4, the next major version of the K
> > > Desktop
> > > Environment...".
> > 
> > It is outdated indeed, given that the KDE4 era is pretty much in
> > maintenance mode / on its deathbed. I'll write an email to the KDE
> > community mailing list asking if we should update the vision or create an
> > entirely new one for the next generation.
> 
> The bullet points are still valid, I guess. ;-)

I think so, too, but I'd like to make sure that the community still identifies 
with that vision today since we link to it from the HIG.