[Qgis-psc] Proposal to do initiate a dev project for each QGIS release

[Neumann, Andreas]

Hi, 

I would also welcome an investment in UX experts and designer but also
wonder, like Anita, how to properly initiate/steer this? 

Our project (and UI) is especially complex, in my opinion more complex
than Gimp or Inkscape. And we need a UX expert that can deal with
multiple platforms, not an expert who can only design for Windows or
OSX. 

I wouldn't like Ribbons. My colleagues in my administration who work in
Autodesk really hate them and they are now so much less productive. Same
applies to MS Office in my opinion. 

I also wouldn't do radical changes - this would annoy our users. 

QML would offer some opportunities though for more modern interfaces. 

I think such a project would need a well-thought plan and some
preparation time. Nyall, would you know some UX experts? 

Andreas 

On 2015-07-22 13:33, Anita Graser wrote: 

> On Jul 22, 2015 1:20 PM, "Nyall Dawson" <nyall.dawson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I think QGIS should fund a UX
>> expert to review our software, and come up with ideas for large UX
>> improvements in future versions. 
>> - it's not something that a 3rd party is likely to sponsor 
> 
> +1 and thanks for raising this issue. 
> 
> This is a huge task and I wonder how it could be approached. I would love to talk to someone with experience in designing UX for complex applications - not just one-usecase apps. 
> 
> Also, we must not forget that in addition to the UX expert budget, this will also require a dev budget to implement the suggestions. 
> 
> Best wishes
> Anita

 
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