Re: Dia's user interface

[Spencer <sdander oberon ark com>]

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