[kde-guidelines] Goal of the HIG

[Heiko Tietze]

On Sunday 27 July 2014, 14:10:20 Philipp Stefan wrote:
> I don't think what we're doing is wrong, but I think it could be improved...

I can't agree more.

This particular page concerns primarily designers that should create 
animations in a way that is guided by the text. The organization of the HIG is 
based on the concept of the 'Universal Model of a User Interface'. It contains 
the section Structure with, for instance, the page on Persona. It explains how 
to create a persona, and how to use it. No dev will ever read it, and also the 
usability guys don't. But it is a documentation one can refer to. And I don't 
know any dev who reads a text about how to use a button, which can be found at 
the second tier, Behavior. The same is true for Presentation, in particular 
animations. What makes sense is the best practice, in terms of the actual 
personas, the actual way buttons have to be placed or labeled, and the final 
animation. 

But in order to keep the result transparent and reproducible, I think the 
guidelines have to start with basics. (Actually, I think the animations 
guideline - you wrote the posting as follow up to this page - is done in this 
way: ideas how to design animations at the moment, and why it was done as it 
is in future.) On the other hand I fully agree that we have to complete it 
with much more examples, both good and bad. And of course it would be nice to 
have devs on board who adds code snippets similar to final graphic design.

Cheers, Heiko.

PS: Critiques are always welcome. Especially such constructive as yours.