[TYPO3-hci] Creating a new interface - real life meeting

[Andreas Balzer]

Sebastian Erlhofer schrieb:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> I agree to Kasper on boosting the progress. But we really need to have a 
> plan on what we meet. Only "improve usabiliy and figure out how" is too 
> uncertain and won't be worth travelling (except of seeing all your noses 
>  ofc :))
> 
> But I think we can manage this  :)
> 
> -sebastian
> 
> Kasper Skårhøj schrieb:
>> Hi JoH!
>>
>> This sounds like a great idea! I'm behind on my HCI list reading but  
>> just wanted to jump in on this one. In fact, I think such a meeting -  
>> if done right - could boost our progress a lot. I do think end  
>> november is too early, I have to think about this. And we really have  
>> to figure out how it can be fruitful and collaborative. That is not  
>> easy.
>>
>> If we make it right we can probably ask our TYPO3 Association to  
>> support the meeting financially in some way; That is what the  
>> Association is there fore; enabling people to participate.
>>
>> Later,
>>
>> - kasper
>> '
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 25, 2006, at 12:59 , JoH asenau wrote:
>>
>>> Hi HCI folks.
>>>
>>> Since the experience from the last years shows that a simple list  or 
>>> wiki is
>>> not the best solution when it comes to collaboration I would like  to 
>>> have
>>> something like an HCI camp during the next two months.
>>>
>>> We could meet for a weekend or so at a place that is within a few  
>>> hours of
>>> travelling for each of the participants. First day would be some
>>> brainstorming about basic concepts of a new interface and during  the 
>>> other
>>> day(s) we could create screenshots and other stuff to show the  
>>> people and
>>> especially the coders, what it's all about.
>>>
>>> So the participants of this camp don't necessarily have to be  
>>> coders, since
>>> the coding will happen later on. But it would be nice to have some  
>>> coders
>>> there or at least some of them agreeing to realise the concept we  
>>> elaborate
>>> during this camp. After all it wouldn't make sense to design  
>>> something that
>>> will never get real because we are missing the coders with the  
>>> appropriate
>>> skills.
>>>
>>> As far as I can see there are guys from Austria, Denmark, Finland,  
>>> UK and
>>> Germany. (Correct me if I forgot somebody ...)
>>> So Hamburg could be a good place for this camp. Even Düsseldorf  
>>> could be
>>> acceptable - but that would be unfair since I am living there ;-)
>>> Other suggestions are welcome.
>>>
>>> Do you think it's worth an investment of some days and a few bucks for
>>> travelling and accomodation?
>>>
>>> Let me know ...
>>>
>>> Joey
>>>
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>> - kasper
>>
>> "Necessity is the mother of invention"
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> 
> 
"Can we [manage][..] this? - Yes we can!" :)
Well, first it would be nice, if this is on a weekend (so i'm able to 
participate in real and not only virtually ;) )
Then it would be great, if this meeting is near a youth hostel (German 
"Jugendherberge") (e.g. 
http://www.jugendherberge.de/de/jugendherbergen/visitenkarte/jh.jsp?IDJH=479)


A few of the main topics could be:
- designing a default UI for T3 4.1 ++
|- create the design of a T3 dashboard
|- create the design of a sidebarpanel
|- examinate how different menu ideas influence the daily work of a T3 user
- creating a general skin concept to connect the skin to the core
|- create the concept of a T3 dashboard
|- create the concept of a sidebarpanel and discuss on how to connect 
this to the menu and the dashboard
|- discuss on what of a skin has to be coded in a skin extension, and 
which things are core. (e.G.: the ajax menu of the last opened documents 
should be created as an array or something else by core, but displayed 
by a skin) (how far can the process of creating new skins be simplified)

...

Greetings
Andreas