[kde-guidelines] Visual Design Guidelines + HIG

[Thomas Pfeiffer]

On Thursday 27 March 2014 20:45:13 Andrew Lake wrote:

> > 3. Presentation
> > 3.1. ... (whatever you think how to organize this section)
> 
> That makes great sense to me. :-) I might add a quick reminder sentence as
> a little preamble in the presentation section as well (so when folks come
> looking specifically for visual design guidance they can find the overall
> HIG design vision and principles easily). So sort of like:
> 3. Presentation
> Become familiar with [design vision and principles] to understand how the
> visual design plays its role in fulfilling them.

Yep, totally makes sense!

> 3.1 Style
> ...
> 3.2 Building blocks
> ...
> 3.3 Tools
> ...
> 
> PS: Don't you want to merge the old presentation pages with your new one's?
> 
> > I
> > guess no one understands the difference between color and color set (I
> > know it
> > was me who was in doubt about full integration).
> 
> Oh yes, certainly. The new userbase page link I shared with the proposed
> structure had all the existing HIG presentation pages included and
> identified the ones that need merging (color & color set, icon & icon
> design). I could probably do a little better integration of parts of the
> typography with the existing wording guidelines.
> 
> With the feedback Thomas' also provided, I think we have general agreement!
> If I'm mistaken about that, please let me know. I'll go ahead and get
> started tomorrow with this next phase of integration on the assumption we
> have agreement.

Yes, we do :)
 
> Thanks so so much for considering this Heiko and Thomas. It really means a
> lot and I hope the end result is something you find acceptable.

Thank you for putting the effort in! We were fully aware that the HIG were 
lacking in the visual department, we were hoping for a designer to fill that 
gap, and you're doing it! :)