[drupal-docs] UI guidelines book?

[neil at civicspacelabs.org]

On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 04:29:00PM -0700, 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?

Drupal.org went down, I attended a conference, and I'll be cleaning up
for/after a party at my house this weekend. So I'll get back to this in
a few weeks.

-Neil