On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Jacob Peck <gatesph...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This whole thread has made me think that we need a 'Leo UI/UX guidelines > for writing plugins' section in the docs. > Doesn't the world already have several guidelines? > Plugins are written in a fundamentally different way than the core -- > rather devil-may-care, as they're not vital. As far as I know, I'm the > only one who uses my nodewatch.py plugin, so I'm the entire audience for > that. I wrote it to suit *my* needs, which may not be the needs of anyone > else who happens to pick it up. This is bad and wrong! > Heh. I wouldn't put it that way. You wrote it; you use it. You may or may not care whether anyone uses it. I don't ;-) > > Plugin writers shouldn't be stifled by said guidelines, but they should be > expected to at least give them a glance. > Do have any particular guideline in mind? I have done all the ui work I care to at present. The bottom line, for me: - Newbies need better video tutorials. - Newbies have no chance unless they actually study the tutorials. - Nothing else much matters. I'm not going to debate this last point. I've done my homework and learned some lessons. If somebody thinks Leo needs further ui work, they should submit a patch for evaluation. Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
