Jeff Waugh
Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:03:53 -0800
<quote who="Segedunum"> > For example, bringing back up the subject of the print dialogue (keep it > relevant), there is an assumption made that an 'ordinary' user would not > want any kind of functionality within their print dialogue apart from > printing it out basically.
As pointed out *last year*, this was not *ever* the case. The assumption and story behind it were wrong. > Gnome simply has to re-evaluate what usability actually means to be a > relevant desktop for business and organisational use, if indeed it really > believes in it. I think our current successes go a long way towards proving our position and ability to execute when it comes to usability and design (a position which you do not describe accurately, by the way). This discussion finished last year. - Jeff -- Open CeBIT 2007: Sydney, Australia http://www.opencebit.com.au/ "Evil will always triumph over good, because good is dumb." - Dark Helmet, Spaceballs _______________________________________________ Desktop_architects mailing list Desktop_architects@lists.osdl.org https://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop_architects