Maybe, we can start a wiki for this or something? :D

Wanna discuss this on the next GNOME Design Office Hour? That's in 13 and
half hours on #gnome-design

On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Kirk Bridger <[email protected]> wrote:

>  The more I've looked at this issue the less I think that simply creating
> YAPL (yet another pattern library) is the solution.  Gnome has few unique
> patterns - or am I wrong there?  That might be a good discussion point
> actually.  And then involve KDE/XFCE/etc.  Are there really unique patterns
> or simply visual implementations of patterns?
>
> It might also be interesting to know more about the decision behind
> changing the format of the HIG to a pattern library - was that
> documented/linked anywhere?  Forgive me if I missed the reference.
>
> You say you'll be getting to this imminently - can we somehow coordinate a
> rich discussion?  IRC?  Email?  Wiki?  Time might be my worst enemy right
> now, but I want to move forward with your momentum.
>
> Not sure how best to proceed.  Thoughts and suggestions welcome from
> interested parties!
>
> Kirk
>
>
>
>
> On 10/12/2010 03:59 AM, Calum Benson wrote:
>
>> On 28 Sep 2010, at 16:58, Kirk Bridger wrote:
>>
>>  Thanks Calum - I saw that last week sometime and it has given me pause.
>>>  I'm working through these questions in my work and I'm starting to refine
>>> my proposal.  Pattern library shouldn't really be the "top-level" of the
>>> hierarchy as I had suggested.
>>>
>>> I'd like some more time to refine things and come back with something a
>>> little more thought out.  Are we working with any deadlines or milestones
>>> that I should plan around?
>>>
>> Nothing that formal yet (unfortunately).  I think we'd hoped to have a
>> solid set of patterns ready to coincide with the 3.0 release, but we don't
>> have a list of what those are yet.  And at this stage, given available
>> resources, I certainly wouldn't expect us to have anything that you might
>> consider a usable replacement for the 2.x HIG in place until 3.2 at the
>> earliest.
>>
>> I've been tied up with other stuff for the past few weeks, but I'm hoping
>> to turn my attention back to pattern/HIG stuff fairly imminently.
>>
>> Cheeri,
>> Calum.
>>
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