Hi Giovanni,

Unfortunately I am too busy to help the community but nevertheless I 
wanted to say that I also think that an Usability team is a must, and I 
hope that many people will join your effort.

BTW, From past mails I know that Tim Rowledge is not only interested but 
very knowledgeable on this area and his help on this I know that it 
would very valuable.

Regards,
Hernán

Giovanni Corriga wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> One of the areas where Squeak is currently lacking is Usability. Both
> the language and the environment can offer amazing possibilities in term
> of productivity, ease of use, tinkering, discovering and learning. But
> my feeling is that a large part of this potential is hindered and
> blocked by inconsistant tools, more-complex-than-necessary interfaces,
> conflicting metaphors.
> 
> So, as a mean to solve some of Squeak's usability problems, I propose
> the creation of a Usability Team.
> 
> The Usability Team should:
> 
> - analyze the usability of the current Squeak releases, identifying the
> usability problems and proposing solutions for that problems either as
> fixes or as suggestions.
> - as a byproduct of the analysis and solving process, create some Squeak
> Interface Guidelines which would help the Squeak developers create
> better tools.
> - work in close contact with the other teams and the Squeak developers'
> community.
> 
> Please note that this is not (yet) a formal team proposal. It is more
> than a call for everyone who is interested in this topic to come out and
> join this project.
> I can act as an interim team leader while the team is forming, but I
> have no problem in stepping down if someone else wants the job.
> 
> So, if you are interested in this topic, and want to give your two
> cents, please reply to this message. As soon as I have feedback from at
> least a couple of person, I'll ask the coordinators to create a
> usability mailing list, so that we can start draft a formal team
> proposal.
> 
> 	Giovanni
> 
> 
>