As this is my first post to the list, I want to start by thanking everyone involved in the Ayatana effort for bringing the focus, vocabulary, and living examples of good design to the free software world. From personal experience I can say that you've made what my little team and I are trying to do easier, less risky, and well... more fun.
I've been working on a UX design for TV and movie production using HDSLR cameras. These cameras store video on memory cards, which is then imported using card-readers. In real-world production scenarios, the import process is a mindlessly repetitive task with zero variation... which makes it highly error-prone and stressful. If you give the user *any* rope, they will hang themselves sooner rather than later. A perfect place for opinionated design. The UX design I came up with utilizes NotifyOSD and Application Indicators, without which I'd still be stumbling around in the dark. If anyone is interested and has time to look it over, the full design is here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AyatanaDmediaLovefest If you wish to give me feedback, I have a giant favor to ask: if you find yourself critical of this design and don't yourself have experience with a high-volume pro use-case like this, please first ask yourself whether you're truly empathizing with the pro user in this scenario. A misunderstanding here is a totally innocent mistake, but it happens often and unfortunately never leads to the feedback I need to improve this design for the pro user in question. However, if you *do* have experience with high-volume pro use-cases and find fault *anywhere* in the design, then lay it on me without hesitation... I want to know every detail! Don't hold back! Also, if anyone has experience as a professional wedding photographer, I'd love your feedback... your workflow is extremely similar to HDSLR movie and TV production. Thanks again! Cheers, Jason _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
