Doug, Good question.
Last year, IBM announced that it would contribute Symphony code to the AOO project. I'll defer to the business types to provide the full details. I can speak to the AOO user experience opportunties. When this code contribution is available, there could be an opportunity to migrate or merge any aspects of the user experience that compliment the existing AOO offering and will enhance the AOO user experience. Hey, choice is good ;) Such enhancements, similar to any proposed AOO design enhancements, must be focused on realizing our user's core use cases. Finally, all enhancements are subject to AOO community approval. Regards, Kevin AOO User Experience Design On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Doug Hovelson <[email protected]>wrote: > > Is Symphony being de-emphasized? > > Doug Hovelson > > > [email protected] > > > 612-722-5501 Telephone > > > 612-605-2296 Fax > > > Public Relations Specialist > > > > Big Thunder Public Relationshttp://www.bigthunderpr.com > > > > Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 10:40:20 +0800 > > Subject: Re: Hello all, I'm Xin Li, the UX designer of Symphony > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > CC: [email protected] > > > > Great to see such interest and passion in UX. We're excitied to > > reinvigorate the UX effort and look forward to everyone's contribution. > > > > Any enhancements to the AOO UI and user experience moving forward, > whether > > adopted from the Symphony code base, opportunities for improvement > > identified from AOO user feedback, or great ideas from within the AOO > > community will need to compliment the existing offering, align with our > > user's needs and criteria for success. We will subscribe to a > user-centered > > design methodology. > > > > Product development requires a balance of exploitation and incremental > > enhancement of the existing code base, while exploring new and innovative > > implementations. Together we can define such balance. > > > > UX is currently refreshing the UX wiki, and will send out link to the > > updated pages and new UX work products soon. > > > > Regards, > > Kevin > > > > AOO User Experience Design > >
