On April 21, 2002 04:09 pm, you wrote: > On Sunday 21 April 2002 14:43, Lars Clausen wrote: > > <URL:http://www106.pair.com/rhp/free-software-ui.html> about > > user interfaces in open-source software, I would like to hear > > if anybody on the list knows something about user interfaces > > (more than just from having used a bunch). If there are any, > > could you point out the worst problems that Dia has in its > > interface? I'd like to turn some attention to that as we > > work towards a 1.0 release. > > Regarding user-friendlyness, there are two other major > issues. First, the website badly needs to be updated more > often. Second, Dia needs more shapes. I sincerely agree with that
> As for the website, it is still a mystery to me that none > of the developers have the time to update the news section. > Pointing to the page that contains the CVS snapshots is > important, too. > > As for the shapes, I'm not sure the users of this list can > do much - if they can, I guess they've already done it. I One set of shapes missing is the Gane and Sarson data flow shapes but I literally have no time to develop them. > think Dia needs more publicity, and it must be made clear > that if someone finds a shape is missing in Dia, he should > at best provide it, at worst, describe what is missing. > > What do you think of having a "shape missing" report page > on the site, not unlike a bug report page? An excellent idea _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list
