[jboss-dev-forums] [Design of JBoss Portal] - Re: First pass UI improvements

[julien@jboss.com]

In answer to Thomas:

anonymous wrote : Yes, i could have done it on the Wiki or in the email much faster ;)
  | 
  | My problem in estimating time is also about making things pretty, i'm
  | not a Gimp Guru, when i read:
  | "Consider using icon images (with alt attributes set to the name of the
  | function) for actions in the lists in this portlet."
  | 
  | First, Jacob Nielsen
  | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Nielsen_(usability_consultant)
  | would get mad to hear that to improve usability we should change text to
  | images (even with alt). I should read his book again, he also released a
  | new version of his book, that i was about to buy.
  | IMO, the CMS icons don't make the CMS editor easier to understand.
  | 
  | 
  | Second, it can take 15 minutes *if* i have the icons, but much longer if
  | i have to design the meaningful icons.
  | 
  | I'd like us to be pragmatic, either i get the icons from someone but we
  | have been asking for a designer for years or this Jira task is doomed
  | and we move on and release with simple explicit text.

For icons : use whatever icons you want (sponge bob or homer simpson), we will start a process that will involve the design team to get the proper icons once we know the icons we need. Chris D. will determine what are the proper graphics to get on the icons.


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