Re: [Synaptic-devel] KDE Frontend

[Sebastian Heinlein]

Am So, den 21.12.2003 schrieb Henrique Pinto um 19:38:
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> On Sunday 21 December 2003 16:27, Sebastian Heinlein wrote:
> > Am So, den 21.12.2003 schrieb Henrique Pinto um 17:58:
> > > I gave up on porting Synaptic since the code was too much tied to
> > > GTK libraries and the UI had some usability issues.
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> > I cannot talk about GTK stuff, but we could discuss the UI issues
> > anyway. What are you think about exactly?
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> Mostly inconsistencies with the KDE UIG (User Interface Guidelines). I 
> don't think they're relevant to Synaptic (you may prefer following the 
> GNOME HIG). But there are some "generic" issues. I did simple usability 
> tests, nothing too "scientific". If the results are interesting for you, I 
> can write a proper usability report on a later moment.

I would appreciate this.

Some days ago Ploum suggested off list some changes which lead to a
little discussion about the overall ui.

If you are interested, I can forward you the mails.

At the moment the development slowed down a little bit, since Michael is
quite busy and the svn is down because the admin is on vacation.

Thanks,

Sebastian