Re: [HIG] proposed policy issues

[Adam Elman <aelman users sourceforge net>]

At 4:58 PM -0700 10/24/01, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> 1) I suggest we strike the whole complicated View->Toolbars menu
> setup. The Hide/Show Toolbar items can be in the View menu, since it
> will be incredibly rare to have more than 3 toolbars, and the common
> case is 1. The icons / text / both can be in the preferences menu or
> the customize toolbars dialog.

I agree with this one.  You also suggested on IRC that we strike the 
specific Browser and Office toolbar recommendations, which I also 
agree with.  Calum, your comment?

> 2) I think we should have a section on UI design principles. We can
> copy the one from IG2H and perhaps lift a couple more concepts from
> the Aqua HIG or the original Macintosh HIG. The can (and should!) be
> single brief paragraphs for each concept.
>
> We don't want people to just follow this guide blindly, in a
> cookie-cutter way - it takes some basic knowledge of the principles to
> apply the guidelines effectively, and most GNOME developers don't have
> that.
>
> Also, the general principles are much harder to disagree with
> than individual items, so if we can related the specific advice back
> to the principles, we'll have a better chance of convincing
> recalcitrant, opinionated developers.

I agree 100% with this as well, and in fact it was originally my 
intention to write such a list (sorry!)  I'm happy to adapt the list 
of principles from I2GH; if nobody objects I'll go ahead and add this 
section to the HIG within the next few days.

Adam
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