On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 18:46 +0100, Claudio Saavedra wrote:
> Hi Johannes,
> 
> On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 17:47 +0100, Johannes H. Jensen wrote:
> (snip) 
> > The Change Password dialog in About Me is, in my opinion,
> > unsatisfactory.
> 
> Any mail that starts saying something like that, will be probably
> ignored, because it sounds too agressive.

Oh, I'm very sorry. That was by no means my intention! I'm glad you
pointed this out for me, as I was not aware. All I wanted was to start a
discussion about how to improve the dialog :)

> 
> I would suggest you:
> 
> - For each of the independient problems you see in the software, open an
>   independient bug in bugzilla (http://bugzilla.gnome.org). Of
>   course, before doing so, check if exists discussion about them, and
>   join them (browsing mailing lists would help, too).

OK, I will do that. I just thought that discussion like this was more
suited on the mailing-lists, rather than the bugzilla.

> 
> - Try to avoid to say that existent software *is bad, ugly, or it
>   makes your little sister scream*, but to directly say
>   what could be improved, why, and how. Mockups and/or patches would
>   improve the probability of your opinion to be considered.

Yes, I agree that my choice of words sound a bit aggressive. I did,
however, write directly what I thought could be improved an why...

> 
> - If you want to provide mockups, don't do it in .glade format, but
>   screenshots. Only provide the .glade files if you have a patch that 
>   will actually need them.

OK, screenshots available at
http://joh.deworks.net/password-dialog/screenshots/

> 
> I hope you will find my suggestions useful and will find a more suitable
> way to start your contributions to GNOME. Remember, everyone's help is
> welcome, but being polite and doing it the right way is very important.

I do, thank you :)
-- 
Johannes H. Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
deworks

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