On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 4:09 AM, Federico Mena Quintero <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-05-04 at 00:03 -0500, Diego Escalante Urrelo wrote: > > > A common language of patterns is an awesome idea. I'd encourage > > Federico to expand on the subject. > > Calum, Allan, and generally the people around the London UX Hackfest > have already done a ton of work in this area: > > https://live.gnome.org/UsabilityProject/HIG3 > The work done for Nokia N9 could be another good source of inspiration too, both in content and presentation: http://harmattan-dev.nokia.com/docs/ux/ > There is a set of prototypal patterns there. I've just added my two > favorite references for designing pattern languages: > > http://zeta.math.utsa.edu/~yxk833/StructurePattern.html - by Nikos > Salingaros. He explains how a hierarchy or graph of patterns works, how > to validate pattern languages, and how to ensure that patterns have the > right connections among them. Consider it as "how to write a good > pattern language". > > http://www.dreamsongs.com/Files/FinePointsOfPatternWriting.pdf - by > Richard Gabriel. It's a presentation on the quality of writing in > pattern descriptions, and about the story-like qualities that a pattern > language should have. Consider it as "how to make a pattern language > pleasant to read". > > I think we can just start with the work on the HIG3 page and start > polishing it based on those guidelines. I also want to bring in > patterns from other UX-centered pattern languages that could be useful > to Gnome. > > Also, Emily said: > > > Another idea would be to begin giving users a simple way to provide > > feedback on what they prefer in design. This could be done via a GNOME > > Design Blog or similar, where posts focus on upcoming features along > > with examples to be voted on – do users prefer buttons/menus/etc that > > look like X, Y, or Z? Should we remove minimize/maximize/close > > buttons? Do users want a journal? How important is privacy to you? > > Etc. Require users to register, and when they do so ask if they'd like > [snip] > > This would be a very good way to start hunting for good things in Gnome > that can be turned into patterns: this is exactly what Tom Erickson > describes in his paper, about what was done in the town of Manteo to > figure out the "sacred places" that should be preserved. > > We had good success with an informal poll like the one for Gnome > Deployments, and the replies weren't hard to analyze... maybe another > informal poll, "What do you like about gnome2 / gnome3?", with answers > of limited length and a "no bitching and moaning, please" > guideline... :) > > Federico > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list >
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