Re: [HIG] latest HIG draft

[Gregory Merchan <merchan phys lsu edu>]

On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 10:06:04PM -0800, Adam Elman wrote:
> On Thursday, November 15, 2001, at 09:08 PM, Seth Nickell wrote:
> >>If for some reason you want to reject the group's decision to use my
> >>intro, then I would ask you write a new one from scratch instead of
> >>riding roughshod over mine.
> >
> >I will remind you that your intro was originally written as an alternate
> >and was not, to my recollection comissioned. The decision to use your
> >intro was made by Adam, who also made the decision to use the intro that
> >is currently in CVS.
> 
> This is true; I did make the decision to use Seth's intro rather than 
> Maciej's.  I do apologize for not bringing this up with the group; I 
> felt that the group's decision was to replace the intro, not necessarily 
> to choose a specific alternative at the time.

When memory fails, check the archive.

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/hig/2001-October/msg00106.html

From: Adam Elman <aelman users sourceforge net>
Subject: [HIG] Must-change list
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 13:18:05 -0700
-> <snip>
-> SECTION 1. Introduction
-> -----------------------
-> 1. We will replace Seth's intro with Maciej's alternate introduction,
-> with the following changes:
->
-> * We're not really covering the philosophy and general design
-> principles behind the GNOME UI, so we should remove that sentence.
-> * I'd like to add the following text at the end (comments welcome):  
->
-> These guidelines are, like the rest of the GNOME project, created and
-> maintained primarily by volunteers.  If you are interested in
-> participating in contributing to future revisions of the GNOME Human
-> Interface Guidelines or other usability projects related to GNOME,
-> please see http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/ for further
-> information.
->
-> If you're not convinced that usability is important to your
-> application, we recommend reading Seth Nickell's essay, "Why We Care
-> About Usability (And So Should You)". (linked)
-> <snip>


Slackingly yours,
Greg Merchan