Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
One of the greatest challenges i've had while implementing
Chameleon/Theme Builder is trying to make editing a complex skin like
modern easy to do.
So far i can't. ;-)
If the UI design is kept as simple as possible, this will make skinning
much easier.
If i put Chameleon in front of a designer, the first thing they say is
"why is it so complicated? Why is a button sliced up into 9 different
pieces?
Why is the toolbar cut into three pieces?" etc . . .
The current UI for the most part is a work around to get the job done
and has not been designed for skinning. This is an important issue to
me.
I am glad to see the UI space now start to be opened up for discussion
and involvement.
I wish it happened exactly one year ago today, who knows where we might
be.
This however, is a very positive step.
Thanks
--pete
German Bauer wrote:
>
> Hi:
>
> After talking to many folks inside and outside Mozilla, some of us got
> together to discuss ways of how to make the Mozilla User Experience
> Design Process more efficient, more open and more engaging. I have
> collected these thoughts and wrote them up as a proposal.
>
> The proposal is posted at http://www.mozilla.org/projects/ui/process/
> This is a rough draft, but if we can agree on the basic principles, I am
> ready to do what I can to help implement this.
>
> I would love to hear feedback, please post it to the
> netscape.public.mozilla.ui newsgroup, so that all interested folks can
> benefit.
> Thanks
> + German
