Hi! The GNOME 3 HIG is planned to have a UX pattern library. The very few people with the right skills and in the right position to work on that most efficiently are of course very busy.
But maybe we could help a bit, at least with the overall structure? Please feel invited for brainstorming and documentation. Even if what we come up doesn't fit upstream, I'm confident it will be of value. It's also quite possible that there will be a divergence between Ubuntu and GNOME on a pattern level, at some point, though I hope it can be avoided, except for a few details. I started at http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/ui-patterns but that is perhaps not the best approach for a larger number of contributors, so I'll paste the content below. Do feel free to edit on the pad, but drop me a line if you do so. Otherwise, lets use this list and then the wiki. --- UX design patterns for the GNOME 3 HIG See current list of possible patterns at: http://live.gnome.org/UsabilityProject/HIG/ThreeZero/LondonHackfestNotes Ressources on UI/UX patterns: * http://www.welie.com/patterns/ * http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/ * http://www.designingsocialinterfaces.com/patterns.wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page * http://uipatternfactory.com/ * http://interface.fh-potsdam.de/infodesignpatterns/patterns.php Avoidance (of options, menus, error cases, additional widgets, dialogs, windows ...) Visual organisation * Layout * Use of colour * Display of information Managing visibility * Windows * Tabs * Expanders Indicating possible actions * Clicking * Context menus * Dragging Managing items (Add, Remove ...) Taking input (validation) Selection Feedback and interactive control * Avoiding interruptions * Process feedback and control (progress, pause/cancel) * Event notification * Dealing with errors Presenting options / configuration Navigation / browsing * Dealing with paths and URIs Search * Completion * Incremental * Defining scope * Costructing Queries Writing text for GUIs * Writing style * Tone of voice * Localisation issues * Showing fields with units Application types * Document editing * Viewer * Librarian * Browser * Utility * Game --- The first task is to find on organization that helps to cover everything and avoids overlap. Of course it does make sense to have several angles, that sometimes just have to lead to the same thing. Maybe it can't be a tree, but must become a Venn diagram or even a graph :) -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
