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Hi folks, A couple folks missed the question of the day I sent out Sunday night, so I'm resending it along with the second question of the day for the Open Source Design Pattern Library. Please feel free to either respond to this email thread and/or add your answers to this wiki page: http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/OSDPL+Discussion+Questions+and+Answers 1. At http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Design+Patterns+Library+Proposal "The primary goal of the design pattern library will be to introduce design patterns as a way to design usable, high-quality user interfaces in specific contexts ("a proven solution to a common problem in a specified context"). The library will have a practical focus, intended mostly as a tool for junior/new designers as well as developers. It will not focus on creating a complete pattern language, or describing patterns in a more academic sense." Is this the best statement of our goal? Can we add to this and flesh it out more? 2. Who is the audience of the OSDPL? Are we trying to serve too many different audiences, and if so, should we try to pick a primary audience to serve? Is it possible to pick a primary audience to focus on where if we serve their needs, we will end up serving most of the needs of our other audiences? (This is a similar concept to picking a primary persona on whom to focus a website or application's design. In this situation we also try to meet the needs of secondary personas, but never to the detriment of the primary persona's experience.) Looking forward to getting your feedback on these important issues -- see you at our next meeting Wednesday, May 14th, 10am PDT on Fluid's Breeze server: http://breeze.yorku.ca/fluidwork (no login required, just enter as a guest and turn on your camera/microphone). Feel free to add additional discussion items to the agenda on this page: http://wiki.fluidproject.org/x/0Ywk. Allison Allison Bloodworth Senior User Interaction Designer Educational Technology Services University of California, Berkeley (415) 377-8243 |
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