[Usability] Mini UI reviews

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

CC'ing the right Paolo this time, darn Friday afternoon addressbook  
auto-completions :)

Cheeri,
Calum.


> Okay, so last week I asked over on desktop-devel if there was scope  
> for
> a 2.14 UI review process, like we used to do in the good/bad old  
> days :)
> Consensus was it was a bit late to be doing a full one, given that it
> wasn't announced earlier, we're past UI freeze, and the docs guys  
> have a
> job to do.
>
> Anyway, I suggested that we do a small round of reviews anyway, for
> those maintainers who expressed an interest, and try our luck at  
> getting
> as many tidy-ups into those apps as we can for 2.14, with docs+release
> team approval.  Nobody objected :)
>
> The apps whose maintainers who've expressed an interest in a UI review
> are:
>
> - gnome-screensaver (jon)
> - gucharmap (behdad)
> - gedit (paolo)
> - sound juicer (ross)
>
>
> We usually do these things on IRC; I suggest we look at one app per  
> day
> next week, on #ui-review.  As I'm in Ireland, about the only useful  
> time
> slots I can promise to be around would be 1700 UT/0900 PST, or 2300
> UT/1500 PST, but other people are welcome to lead the discussions if I
> can't make it :)
>
> Would those times suit the relevant maintainers?  Any days next week
> good/bad for reviewing your app?  We can do it without you around, but
> it's always better if you are.
>
> Everyone else, of course, is welcome to come along and  
> contribute... if
> you haven't participated before, the purpose is to do a quick  
> review of
> apps for HIG and terminology compliance, and for any accessibility
> issues (especially keynav and theming problems).  It's *not* a new
> feature brainstorming session :)
>
> Thoughts/comments?
>
> Cheeri,
> Calum.
>
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