Re: [Usability] Cross-Desktop UI Pattern Library

On Tue, 2010-09-07 at 14:28 +0800, Allan Caeg wrote: > How do you think can we do this? Also, who else (other than KDE > usability) do we communicate with? Sharing ressources and tackling the same problems only once are good ideas. Though there will likely remain a few environmemnt-specific patte

Re: [Usability] Cross-Desktop UI Pattern Library

how are webapps and gnome related? On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 2:36 AM, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > On Tue, 2010-09-07 at 14:28 +0800, Allan Caeg wrote: > >> How do you think can we do this? Also, who else (other than KDE >> usability) do we communicate with? > > Sharing ressources and tackling the same p

Re: [Usability] Cross-Desktop UI Pattern Library

On Tue, 2010-09-07 at 09:28 -0430, Dario Soto wrote: > how are webapps and gnome related? Web-apps can be a source of inspiration and there is this idea that open-source in general and GNOME specifically should be more present in that area. Some patterns will be independent of the web vs desktop q

Re: [Usability] Cross-Desktop UI Pattern Library

I'm actually tackling a similar problem in my "real job" right now. I found this to be an interesting look at what a pattern library is and what it should not be . It's a quick read that could then lead to an interesting discussion. For e

Re: [Usability] Cross-Desktop UI Pattern Library

I agree with Kirk. The two desktops can share the same UI patterns, but they may have different "components" or whatever it's called. Where do you think can we start? On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 1:44 AM, Kirk Bridger wrote: > I'm actually tackling a similar problem in my "real job" right now. > > I

Re: [Usability] Cross-Desktop UI Pattern Library

I like it. I'll tell Celeste about this later. Is that okay? :) On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Kirk Bridger wrote: > I think there are two paths to start down: > > 1 - Find a pattern library we all like and want to grow from/use. "We all" > being the various desktop teams. This would be a c

Re: [Usability] Cross-Desktop UI Pattern Library

I think there are two paths to start down: 1 - Find a pattern library we all like and want to grow from/use. "We all" being the various desktop teams. This would be a cross-team initiative so we may need to start with just getting representation. 2 - Begin/continue building the Gnome librar