Re: To answer your question about the upcoming Style-Guide..

[Maciej Stachowiak <mstachow mit edu>]

dusk@smsi-roman.com writes:
> Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> 
> > bjp@primenet.com writes:
> > Also, more generally, please make the style guide development process
> > more open. Check in your notes, survey ideas, rough drafts, etc. While
> > UI design does benefit to some degree from one or very few people
> > imposing a consistent vision, I think there are many people here who
> > could give a lot of great suggestions and ideas. They should get to
> > add their input at all points of the process.
> 
> I agree.  The list should have more opportunity to ponder and rebut the ideas
> (and syntax) that you're laying down in the Style Guide first draft.  We realize
> it's rough at the moment, and will tone our comments accordingly.  But it'd sure
> be nice to see _something_.
> 
> Please don't release anything to the masses until it's been hashed over here
> first.  This includes the questionaires you mentioned.  If the survey results
> are going to be me maximally useful, they should represent the intent of the
> group as a whole.
> 
> So, when do you plan on "releasing" your notes on the style guide and the
> questionaires for list perusal?  ASAP, I would hope, if you're planning on
> distributing them at the IRC conferences in a couple weeks.  There's _plenty_ to
> talk about before then.
> 

There's an IRC conference coming up? Great, now I will have to learn
to use IRC.

 - Maciej