Re: [Usability] HIG split?

[Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>]

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Calum Benson wrote:

> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:52:50 +0000
> From: Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>
> To: Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>
> Cc: Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>, usability gnome org,
>      tpfennig gmail com
> Subject: Re: [Usability] HIG split?
>
> On Tue, 2005-12-13 at 10:46 -0600, Shaun McCance wrote:
>
> > >From a documentation perspective, please don't.  If we want to
> > develop desktop-neutral guidelines with other projects, great.
> > But people who are reading the HIG shouldn't have to bounce
> > back and forth between two documents.
>
> FWIW, those are my sentiments too... I think if this was ever going to
> happen, it would more likely be a single document with some guidelines
> tagged as GNOME-specific, KDE-specific or whatever.  (But personally I
> think that would get pretty unmanageable pretty quickly too.)

I was worried by the suggestion of a split which prompted me to ask.  If
anything I intend to refer to the Gnome Guidelines in an increasingly
inclusive way and only be specific if necessary.

I'm sure there are shortlists, cheatsheets or summaries which might be
useful but I wouldn't think of splitting anything.  Splitting may have
been someone way of saying simplification and making certain core values
clearer.

No worries
:)

Sincerely

Alan Horkan
http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/