Re: [Usability]List policy, usability leadership, mission statement [Was: "widget"]

[Sunnanvind Fenderson <sunnanvind fenderson com>]

Hi, Pat.

Thanks, and I'm really sorry. I can see where you're coming from, too.


Pat Costello <Patrick Costello Sun COM> writes:

> Hi Sunnanvind, 
> 
> Honestly, I didn't mean to pick on you. I tried to stay general in my earlier 
> mail, as really I am talking about UI changes in general that come from the 
> usability alias. We documentors have had some surprises in the past with major 
> changes suddenly popping up, and we had to re-document large chunks. Some of the 
> design changes did bring clear benefits, others appeared to be arbitrary, other 
> design changes seemed to detract from earlier useful features. Whereas we are 
> perfectly willing to redo documentation where design changes are clearly 
> beneficial, it is a bit frustrating to redo documentation in cases where the 
> benefit is not so obvious. 
> 
> So I suppose we have got a bit sensitive about establishing the need for UI 
> design changes. 
> 
> Sorry if I seemed to be getting at you, 
> 
> Pat