I thought MeeGo = community On 22 Feb 2011 12:59, "Gabriel M. Beddingfield" <gabrb...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tuesday, February 22, 2011 03:30:18 am John Veness wrote: >> On 21/02/2011 19:50, Patrick Ohly wrote: >> > On Mo, 2011-02-21 at 13:45 +0000, Dave Neary wrote: >> >> But even if the best placed person in the technical UX >> >> project agreed, the chances that it could be changed >> >> at this point, when we find out about it, are slim. > [snip] >> > >> > Please don't jump to conclusions. I don't think the >> > code can be considered "finished" at this time, so I >> > wouldn't be surprised if such a change has a good >> > chance of getting in. I'll forward the email thread to >> > the relevant people. >> >> I think Dave's point, which I fully agree with, is that >> the community would like to see things, and be able to >> get involved, at the design and "wireframe" stage. Even >> if the code isn't finished, I assume the design and >> wireframe specs which explain how the UX should act were >> finished, behind closed doors, many months ago. This >> isn't, I believe, how MeeGo was supposed to be. > > And here's _my_ point: Community involvement in the design > and "wireframe" stage *does* slow things down. Everyone > knows that design by committee is a bad idea. > > I disagree with Dave. This is just user feedback for a pre- > alpha preview. What slows things down (IMHO) it the > community whining about how (a) it was all done in secret, > (b) how they haven't released it publicly, (c) how there's > no public repos, (d) how it's not integrated to > bugs.meego.com.... blah blah blah. > > If the community is such a valuable part of shipping > products on time... where is the community's tablet UX? > > -gabriel > _______________________________________________ > MeeGo-community mailing list > MeeGo-community@meego.com > http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-community > http://wiki.meego.com/Mailing_list_guidelines
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