Re: [xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Define a set of User Experience guidelines for XWiki

Hi, On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 6:45 PM, Ecaterina Valica <valicac(a)gmail.com> wrote: My point here wasn't to start debating the merits of a given rule. What I'd like us to agree on is broader: do we want to start collecting and enforcing a set of rules related to User Experience in the same fashion we have defined a set of rules for development practices? Once we agree on that, we can start collecting rules and have each of those rules voted upon so that they are validated by the community and become official rules for the project. Whatever rules we choose to apply (be them related to consistency or personas or anything else) we first need to have the community vote on them. So here's my first question: do we want to create a set of official user experience rules for XWiki? I think doing so would help us make XWiki a better product since user experience is key in making a piece of software easier to use. Some user experience guidelines (such as "using personas") can help us make sure all the people involved in creating XWiki software have the same understanding of XWiki users' needs. Other guidelines (such as "keep interfaces consistent") would help us ensure that the software we create follows common usability rules.

Here's my +1 to the idea of having rules related to user experience when developing XWiki software.

If this idea gets accepted by the community I'll initiate a process to collect individual rules and vote them. Thanks for your feedback, Guillaume