Re: [Usability] How to make GNOME better for Netbooks?

[Frederik Nnaji <frederik nnaji gmail com>]

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 18:27, Calum Benson <calum benson oracle com> wrote:

There's not a great deal to contribute to just yet, although you're welcome to comment on our rough kickoff notes at <http://live.gnome.org/UsabilityProject/HIG/ThreeZero>.

i would like to remind about the importance of structure.
giving the thing a shape, so that there is a definite hierarchy of understanding.

> Universally 
> accessible - Everyone can use it, 3 - 93 years, no-matter 
> what disability, background, language

 (see http://live.gnome.org/UsabilityProject/HIG/ThreeZero )

since the desktop is for everyone, and community-fit implementation is always important above most other provisions, Accessibility / Intuitive UI should stand at fairly high at the top of a TOC e.g.

> Consider 
> using RFC must/should/may wording for guidelines, to indicate 
> approximate levels of importance?  
(see http://live.gnome.org/UsabilityProject/HIG/ThreeZero )
about using RFC style "must / should / may" in the Guidelines would give them more weight and help show, that we are talking about more than just advice here.. show that the HIG are not merely principles but actually implementable instructions.
if Gnome wants to be serious about the HIG as a set of design instructions, let's go.

IF RFC style "must / should / may" usage applies, it is definitely necessary to declare that visibly on top of the respective article, since the user needs to know what "language" he/she/it is reading.

greetings from berlin ;)

nnaji