Re: [HIG] Naming

[Gregory Merchan <merchan phys lsu edu>]

On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 03:52:19AM -0800, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> 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=*
> 

Crud. I meant idem or vide supra. Care to recommend penance?

> >   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

   . . . excepting titles.

What about accuracy? It there an institute for that? How do I join these?


Cheers,
Greg Merchan