[drupal-docs] UI guidelines book?

neil at civicspacelabs.org neil at civicspacelabs.org
Wed Jul 6 23:31:07 UTC 2005


I think there needs to be some user interface guidelines for developers.
We already have them, but not well-documented. I think that this effort
should start soon. It will be a long process and we won't know the whole
process when we start. For example, we won't know how conflicting views
on UI will be resolved.

I would like to start with a book page which explains the purpose of the
new section or book and explains that it is under construction. I can
draft this page and start it out with a few of the child pages
describing specific UI design standards. Some possilble pages are:

-How to use local tasks
-What a delete workflow looks like
-How a Drupal page is laid out
-What buttons should be on forms

At this point I am not willing to figure out the final overall structure
because I think it will change as the initial writing helps make things
more clear.

I am not a usability expert, but I have been working on core Drupal long
enough to know what the standards are and I have been trying to learn
about usability.

Where can I put this initial page? Does anyone agree or disagree with my
ideas? Anyone want to help?

-Neil



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