Re: [Usability]No HIG maintainer?



On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 17:04, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Just a note on maintenance: even more so than code modules, the HIG
> needs to change very slowly and deliberately. For example, once we put
> in "groups are labeled in bold with no frame and 12 pixel indent" if
> you turn around and change that anytime in the next several *years*,
> at least once people have started implementing, it is going to be
> annoying as hell (and strongly discourage people from supporting the
> HIG in future libraries/apps).
> 
> So get it right, and don't be overeager to put in changes. ;-)

Yes, and I think it shouldn't even mention stuff that we aren't sure
about, until we're sure.

-- 
Murray Cumming
murray usa net
www.murrayc.com




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