Re: [Usability] cross-desktop coordination?

[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>]

On Sep 22, 2007, at 1:03 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> Matthew Nuzum wrote:
> > Maybe someone who's interested in this should start by doing the leg
> > work and seeing where the differences are. Before anyone agrees to
> > work towards compatibility, they're going to want to know what needs
> > done.
>
> That's an excellent first step.  I like it because it's useful no 
> matter what happens:  if it leads to a universal HIG that would be 
> ideal, but at a minimum it would provide a list of "gotchas" for UI 
> designers to consider.
> ...

For helping interface designers, I think it would be appropriate to 
include such differences in the relevant section of the HIG itself. Not 
just differences from KDE, but also differences from Windows and from 
Mac OS X.

Cheers
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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/