> From: Karl Lattimer <
karl@...>
> Date: 24 July 2009 19:13:58 IST
> To: desktop-devel-list <
desktop-devel-list@...>
> Subject: Re: GNOME and non-linux platforms (release team please
> stand up)
>
>> [1]
http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2009/07/14/control-center-refresh/>
> wow I can't believe I missed this, and didn't read the accompanying
> wiki
> page
http://live.gnome.org/UsabilityProject/Whiteboard/ControlCenter>
> I'm such a bad citizen at times :(
>
> Thanks for pointing to this work, seems Sun have put quite an effort
> behind testing, generating prototypes and alike. It's nice to see
> someone's doing this, hiding away in the wiki is bad though :(
>
> I think we could really benefit from a ux.gnome.org site for
> demonstrating new ideas and creating concrete mockups and cataloging
> testing data from various organisations who are performing usability
> testing or have in the past.
>
> We could even possibly get people grazing through and helping out,
> especially people like the gnome-look community which is thriving and
> still producing content on their brainstorm pages...
>
http://gnome-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=185>
> Handing all of this untamed talent, mentoring and directing them
> within
> a structured framework could help build a thriving user experience
> community.
>
> Imagine for a moment the litestep and afterstep desktops, people
> configured them to crazy extents making whole new user experiences
> within nothing but a few hours of dedicated concentration of how they
> want things to be.
>
> Now take a look at GNOME shell, we've basically got something
> 1,000,000
> times more powerful than litestep for hackability, this is next to a
> community of willing and dedicated people...
>
> The thing that gets me is, they don't currently seem to be connected.
> Personally I think that ux.gnome.org is the way to go. If we can
> create
> a framework for distilling the good ideas down from multiple sources,
> then I believe our user experience will become second to none.
>
> Any thoughts, flames, rants?
>
> BR,
> K
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