[CREATE] kicking off openType features UI design

[Nathan Willis]

Well, I'm interested, naturally....

I guess I have one further question about how we reach consensus on
things.  This list is populated largely by free-software developers, much
less so by graphic designers and other "power" users -- although there are
a fair share of them.  Are we limiting our potential participant pool too
much? Might we want to extend an invite some existing "FOSS design" groups,
for instance?

Nate

On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 1:00 PM, peter sikking <peter at mmiworks.net> wrote:

> hey create list, let’s get started!
>
> I am sure that you have read my blog entry
> <http://blog.mmiworks.net/2015/06/designing-opentype-intro.html>
> with my project structure.
>
> step one is to establish a solid statement of what we are
> trying to achieve: a product vision.
>
> the point is that we reach consensus on the answers to the
> following questions:
>
> - what is it we are making
>   (this is not trivial; how much is in, and not in, this little
>   infrastructure system)
> - who is it for
>   (as noted in the blog, the user groups could turn out to be defined
>   real narrow or quite wide)
> - what is the value
>   (yep, we do not do this ‘just because we can, or must.’
>   we do this because the libre graphics ecosystem becomes more
>   valuable. how, that is the question)
>
> to give an example of value: streetlights are a super-boring
> infrastructure system. their value is not in that we all can see
> something at night, out in the streets. no, their value is in
> that significantly less traffic accidents and crime happen at
> night, out in the streets.
>
> that last sentence has a real kick to it, no? yeah, that is value.
>
>
> now, I must organise this in a way that is quite different than
> ‘get the crew in one room and moderate a discussion.’
>
> so my first step here is to take a poll of how many of you
> want to play a role in defining the vision for openType
> features UI; who wants to take part in the discussion?
>
> depending on the number of people who say yes to this,
> I will pick my ‘forum’ to run the discussion (e.g. on
> this mailing list, a chat session, a video hangout, a
> meeting in Reading in two weeks).
>
> if you want to play a role, then reply to this mail,
> before saturday (11 july, that is ;^)
>
> let’s get started!
>
>
>     --ps
>
>         designs interaction for creatives +
>         solutions with a wide impact on society
>
>         teacher, mentor, author, lecturer
>         http://mmiworks.net/peter
>
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