[drupal-docs] UI guidelines book?

[Charlie Lowe]

This definitely sounds like a great idea.

I don't think, though, that you have to explain that the section is 
under construction as all of the handbook is continually under 
construction :) However, one suggestion for creating these pages would 
be to post a draft as a documentation issue and we can help with editing 
to get it to what you would consider a publishable state, where you 
don't feel that it needs a notice about being under construction.

neil at civicspacelabs.org wrote:
> 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