Re: meeting the needs of users

[Federico Mena Quintero <federico nuclecu unam mx>]

>  here's that design fundamental i'd like to see included in the style
>  guide. note that there are several headings this could fall under in the
>  "fundamentals of the gnome user interface" section; i'm not sure which
>  this belongs under but i'd like to keep it as up front as possible. the
>  sensible choices are "user interface principles," "design
>  considerations," and "developing the user interface." as all three of
>  these titles are somewhat synonymous, maybe we should re-evaluate these
>  titles and create one more suitable for "psychology 101" up front.

Ah.  Those titles are currently sections of the "Fundamentals"
chapter.  I am not sure if this will be the final form; the Mac Human
Interface Guidelines have several parts, and the first part contains
about three chapters with the titles you mentioned.  I am not very
concerned about the logical structure right now, since we need content
first.

>  anyway, without further ado, let's put this in the style guide:

Thanks!  This is a nice piece.  The wording is a bit dense, but that
can be fixed over time.  I have made a couple of fixlets and put it as
a "Levels of usage" subsection -- feel free to suggest a better title.
It is of course on cvs.

The concepts you present will most likely be explained fully in each
of the sections of the "Fundamentals" part, just like in the Mac HIG.

  Federico