On Thursday 28 Mar 2013 05:52:05 Paulo Makdisse wrote: > Hi, > > I have some background as UI/UX designer and I want to contribute. > > I'm not thinking just about visual design (themes, etc), I'm thinking about > usability, ux, etc, which means more work than simply visual design. I'm > not a graphical designer. I'm not a developer also, but I have some small > experience with python, php and ruby, so I hope to learn how to implement > what I design into freenet. > > The current freenet UI cannot be changed without breaking the interface > consistency, that's why I believe that the best approach is a fresh start. > I don't know how can this be done though. > > I really want this process to be interactive, I will try to share all my > steps so you can help me to not lose sight of what's freenet and it's > purposes. I'm just not sure if a mailing list is the appropriate tool for > the job, it would be better to have a versioned place where everyone can > edit the content. Any ideas? What I need to share is mostly 'documents' > (texts related with a subject) and wireframing (which I will do with a > online tool). > > Here's the roadmap I'll follow: > 1 - Context identification: > - Constraints (general constraints that I must deal with); > - User world (forces that will shape the form); > 2 - Content identification: > - Jobs (what the user whats to do? - main features); > - Features (secondary features); > 3 - Content organization, etc; > 4 - Sketches (Copywriting and UI exploration); > 5 - Wireframing (Refine copywriting and UI); > 6 - Usability testing; > 7 - Repeat 5 & 6 until we have something that 'satisfice'; > 8 - Implementation; > 9 - Testing; > 10 - Repeat 8 & 9 until is approved to ship (I'm just guessing the 8 & 9, I > don't know details about freenet release process) ; > > Before I start to share some material (that I need some help with) I'd like > to hear your opinions about this. > Anything will be useful... tips, opinions, ideas, suggestions, etc. > > Thanks > Paulo > PS: Sorry about my english... I mean, my 'lack' of english. :-) > IMHO this is potentially very valuable. Usability is about much more than "design" in the shallow sense. It must make sense before it looks shiny.
Re collaboration ... we mostly use wiki.freenetproject.org, or piratepad.net. Are either of these tools usable?
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