Style guide like dokument

[Jannis Pohlmann]

Hey,

On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 00:05:43 +0200
Jannis Pohlmann <jannis at xfce.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:53:21 +0200
> Bo Lorentsen <bl at lue.dk> wrote:
> 
> > Jannis Pohlmann wrote:
> > > It's generally a good advise to use the GNOME HIG as a reference
> > > point.
> > >
> > > We're using smaller margins here and there and make extensive use
> > > of XfceHeading/XfceTitledDialog in our applications, which gives
> > > the whole thing a bit of a different look.
> > >   
> > It would be nice to see some of this written in the same form (as a 
> > start) as the panel plugin.
> > 
> > I would be nice with some guide lines for :
> > 
> > * Spacing
> > * Use of buttons
> > * When to use XcfeWindow and dialogs
> > * How and when to interact session manager
> > * Minimum drag&drop
> > * When to use notification
> > * When and how to make a setting entry
> > 
> > Just for a start. Not that I like a lot of strange rules, but I
> > likes to have some rules for my self, and I would like for Xfce to
> > be more homogenized, in its look and feel.
> 
> Agreed. Originally, I had planned to have a HIG checklist (just a
> simple .txt file with "[ ]" and "[x]" style checkboxes) that we could
> put into each component. The maintainer could then go through this
> checklist before releases to update it and see what could be improved.
> 
> I had this file almost ready ... but now I can't find it anymore. Will
> have to look into that again to put it up on the wiki for people to
> finish/improve it.

woot, I just found it. It's less spectacular than I had it in my
memory ... anyway, I have attached it to this mail. If someone feels
like putting that into the wiki to finish/improve it, go on. I'd be
really happy to have a checklist as I described it for every component.

  - Jannis
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