Re: [HIG] Naming

[Maciej Stachowiak <mjs noisehavoc org>]

On 07Nov2001 03:58AM (-0600), Gregory Merchan wrote:
> 
> As you may have guessed, I don't like Human Interface Guidelines because
> it isn't clear what the interface is between; put another way,
> "Interfacing with humans sounds like fun!" Perhaps more frightful -
> "Humans have interfaces? Do they accept RJ-45 connectors?"
> 

The complete title is GNOME Human Interface Guidelines. Therefore it's
about GNOME interfacing with humans.

> > a) "Human Interface Guidelines"
> 
> ibid.

http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=ibid&db=*

>   GNOME Interface Style Guide
>   GNOME Interface Standard Guide

Style implies it's a matter of taste. Standard implies that it's all
hard and fast, black and white rules. But it's not! Interface design
is all about gray areas and tradeoffs. The ultimate arbiter of
correctness is user testing, not any list of rules.


Regards,

Maciej Stachowiak
Executive Director
Institute for Anal Pursuit of Precision in Language Everywhere