Re: GNOME 2.0 must-fix list Volunteers?

[Roger Taylor <rtaylor+ pitt edu>]

> Message: 1
> Subject: Re: GNOME 2.0 must-fix list Volunteers?
> From: Seth Nickell <snickell stanford edu>
> To: nils <n p sun com>
> Cc: usability gnome org
> Date: 12 Aug 2001 22:58:28 -0700
>
> > I think we should assign people responible for various
> > aspects of the GNOME desktop. I have prposed some
> > names. The people assigned to the project should come
> > up with proposals for the usability must do/fixes.
> >
> > So what have I missed out - anybody want to voluteer?
>
> Just to be clear so people don't shy away from this... The
> responsibility is only for forming a must-fix list for that aspect of
> GNOME. Its some measure of work but it doesn't require long term
> commitment (it would be best to have a few people working on each area)
> I suggest you look at the application as a "new user" of the application
> would. Create a new user account, try it with the default settings. What
> might somebody try to do with the application and where might they mess
> up? What things about it confound you most? What things stand in the way
> of working efficiently?
>
> And of course, these are proposals which we'll discuss together, so feel
> free to leave some things as questions or FIXMEs.
>
> > 1) Menus and Applications (Nils +??)
> >         Application menus (foot and foobar)
> >         Menu Panel Editing
> >         Initial Panel(s) and Applets (gadgets)
> >         Icons
> >         Application Launch Feedback
> >       Taskbar and generic application switching, manipulating
>
> > 2) Nautilus (Seth??)
> >         Inital view
> >         Desktop background
> >         Desktop Icons
> >       Virtual (non filesystem) views?
>
> I can do this, but it might actually be better to have somebody review
> Nautilus that doesn't already have emotional blinders on ;-)
>
> > 3) Control Center and Meta Themer (??)
>
> Suz and I have started looking at this, and I have some mockups and
> ideas for how to improve it. This is less of a "must fix" list than the
> others since its already being largely rewritten.
>
> cheers,
>
> Seth


I'm willing to volunteer to help out on this. Since I am a "new user" I 
think my impressions and experiences would be more meaningful than someone 
trying to act like a new user. Of course, I'm not exactly sure what 
information you're interested in -- perhaps you could write up a set of 
tasks to perform (e.g. find a file, change setting X, etc.) and I could 
record any difficulties I encounter while trying to perform them.

-Roger

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