Re: [HIG] proposed policy issues

[Adam Elman <aelman users sourceforge net>]

At 11:03 AM +0100 10/25/01, Calum Benson wrote:
> Not quite so sure about losing the recommended toolbar layouts-- the
> toolbar is about the most striking thing you see when you first start a
> new app, and it's rather unsettling when it looks a bit different from
> the others on your desktop for no particularly good reason.  One of the
> things that makes the office suites work well together is the
> consistency of their toolbar layouts, for example, I don't know how
> happy I'd be to leave it all to the developer's whim.

Let's say the following: "When you create your toolbar, to the extent 
possible make it consistent with other apps which are standard parts 
of the GNOME environment: Galeon, Nautilus, AbiWord (or whatever)." 
Then, let's work separately on the folks working on Galeon, Nautilus, 
and other apps and get them to improve their toolbar layouts.

To be honest, I think it's a bad idea to make specific targeted 
recommendations through the GNOME HIG to apps that are part of the 
standard GNOME environment; it's like Apple having a chapter on how 
the Finder should work in the Aqua HIG.  We should be working 
directly with those folks; the HIG should be targeted towards third 
parties who want to create apps that integrate into the GNOME 
environment.

Adam
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