Re: IRC channels in gnome development

[Maciej Piechotka <uzytkownik2 gmail com>]

On 06/02/2011 13:46, Andreas Nilsson wrote:
> All designs goes in the wiki though and most (if not all) also live in
> this repo http://gitorious.org/gnome-design

As I said - there is difference between the result and process. There
have been stated that the design team studied the topic but nowhere what
the studies where (name of paper, anything).

Maybe using the mailing list would slow down too much but having minutes
and setting bot to log the messages probably would not. If there is
discussion instead stating that settings kills kitties and small pandas
you could just point at research that you based on - say research XYZ
says ABC so IJK - instead of saying that there was some research that
stated that.

If you post what you based on (even only in case of more heated
discussion - say >100 comments in beta) then:

 - Some people will just be impressed, recognize that decision was
grounded on something etc.
 - Some people will read paper, improve their knowledge about UI design
and agree with you.
 - Some people will read paper, improve their knowledge about UI design
and disagree with you but using more constructive arguments.
 - Some people will not read paper and still comment but you still have
benefit of not hearing from first 2 groups and having constructive
arguments from 3rd.

Regards