Re: [Usability] find the thread that concerns your project

[Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>]

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, Marek Peteraj wrote:

> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 01:02:58 +0200
> From: Marek Peteraj <marpet naex sk>
> To: Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>
> Cc: Gtk+/Gnome Usability MailingList <usability gnome org>
> Subject: [Usability] find the thread that concerns your project
>
> BTW i was thinking about how each email could reach the developers of an
> application that is being discussed here.
>
> For example, each parent would enter a keyword at the beginning of his
> email.For example

> any other suggestions? does anybody know whether specific projects have
> separate usability mialing lists?

Only massive projects like OpenOffice.org would have/need their own
usability lists, most projects rely on developers respoding to user
feedback.

The usability list provides a place to come up with more general solutions
and directions for the desktop, although the desktop-devel list does a lot
of general discussion too.

The usability list also provides a place for interested developers to come
and ask advice and get help choosing between alternative approaches.  I
believe this list works best works best when there is a developer with
specific use case knowledge of the application asking for suggestions and
advice but tempering the generalised solutions to fit their specific
project.

- Alan