Scott, I apologize for cc'ing you. A HIG would promote consistency - consistency is best for the user, because (just to pick one example) if Nautilus has its preferences pane stored under "Edit > Preferences", then all applications should have them stored under "Edit > Preferences", and not "Tools > Preferences" or "View > Preferences" or something else.
It's all about consistency. The way it is right now, we are "consistently inconsistent". Cheers, James Gifford http://jamesrgifford.com On Sep 7, 2011, at 14:00, Scott Kitterman <[email protected]> wrote: > Since you included me on the CC list ... > > No. We don't all agree it's necessary. Some of us think such things are > actively harmful. > > Scott K > > On Wednesday, September 07, 2011 01:31:56 PM James Gifford wrote: >> Ok, so reading through the thread, we all agree it's necessary - someone >> just needs to write it and present it for peer review and (hopefully) >> eventual adoption. >> >> Cheers, >> James Gifford >> http://jamesrgifford.com >> >> On Sep 7, 2011, at 3:59, "Stefanos A." <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Every desktop environment has its own set HIG. Unity is sufficiently >>> different than Gnome Shell or KDE4 that it merits some form of >>> guidelines, even if they are as simple as "must work with the global >>> menu, must offer a tailored launcher menu and must follow global font >>> settings". Most of these will be inherited from Gnome Shell and the rest >>> will be additions for Unity-specific functionality (i.e. they will be >>> supplementary rather than divisive). >>> >>> Above all, canonical applications (as in Canonical *and* canonical) must >>> follow these guidelines to the letter. Ubuntu One and the Software >>> Center currently stick out like sore thumbs from the rest of the >>> desktop. Not good at all. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
