Examples of GNOME3 HIG apps?

[Dave Crossland]

Hi!

I'm turning back to my plans for a modern libre font editor, and I've
read the GNOME3 HIG, so I wonder if anyone knows what the most complex
G3 HIG compliant apps available today are?

Cheers
Dave

[Luya Tshimbalanga]

On Fri 02 Nov 2012 06:52:22 PM PDT, Dave Crossland wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm turning back to my plans for a modern libre font editor, and I've
> read the GNOME3 HIG, so I wonder if anyone knows what the most complex
> G3 HIG compliant apps available today are?
>
> Cheers
> Dave

Hi Dave,

Here are a few example based on Gnome 3.6 release:
- Documents
- Contacts
- Files (aka Nautilus)
- Web (aka Epiphany)
- Clocks
- Fonts viewer

The guidelines is on : 
https://live.gnome.org/Design/HIG/GeneralGuidelines

Regards,
--
Luya Tshimbalanga
Graphic & Web Designer
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[Dave Crossland]

On 3 November 2012 18:56, Luya Tshimbalanga  wrote:
> Here are a few example

Thanks! However these all seem rather simple, all literally named
'browsers' or 'viewers' rather than 'editors'. We could easily name the
list:

- Documents browser
- Contacts browser
- Files browser (aka Nautilus)
- Web browser (aka Epiphany)
- Clocks viewer
- Fonts viewer

What I'm hoping to see is examples of _editor_ applications. Off the top of
my head, the most common editor application classes are:

word processor,
slide editor,
spreadsheet editor,
email editor,
image editor,
page layout editor,
illustration editor,
3d model editor,
audio editor,
video editor.

Obviously we have some or a lot of such applications in these classes
already (LibreOffice, Evolution/Thunderbird/Geary, GIMP/Krita/MyPaint,
Scribus, Inkscape, Blender, Audacity/Jokosher,
PiTiVi/OpenShot/KDEnlive/Novacut) but none of those have been made with the
GNOME 3 HIG in mind.

Does anyone know if any of these projects are considering the G3 HIG?

[Luya Tshimbalanga]

On 03/11/12 12:15 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> What I'm hoping to see is examples of _editor_ applications. Off the 
> top of my head, the most common editor application classes are:
>
> word processor,
> slide editor,
> spreadsheet editor,
> email editor,
> image editor,
> page layout editor,
> illustration editor,
> 3d model editor,
> audio editor,
> video editor.
>
> Obviously we have some or a lot of such applications in these classes 
> already (LibreOffice, Evolution/Thunderbird/Geary, GIMP/Krita/MyPaint, 
> Scribus, Inkscape, Blender, Audacity/Jokosher, 
> PiTiVi/OpenShot/KDEnlive/Novacut) but none of those have been made 
> with the GNOME 3 HIG in mind.
>
> Does anyone know if any of these projects are considering the G3 HIG?

Most of them using GTK2 are currently ported to GTK3 first like Gimp for 
the 3.0 release, LibreOffice 
(http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/log/vcl/unx/gtk3), 
Inkscape in experimental stage. In addition Gnome 3  HIG guideline is 
still incomplete. =( https://live.gnome.org/Design/HIG/GeneralGuidelines

Luya

[Dave Crossland]

On 4 November 2012 03:54, Luya Tshimbalanga  wrote:
> Most of them using GTK2 are currently ported to GTK3 first like Gimp for the
> 3.0 release, LibreOffice
> (http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/log/vcl/unx/gtk3), Inkscape in
> experimental stage. In addition Gnome 3  HIG guideline is still incomplete.
> =( https://live.gnome.org/Design/HIG/GeneralGuidelines

Are any of these applications planning to adopt Gnome 3 HIG though? :)

[Allan Day]

Hi Dave,

I really need to finish the new version of the HIG (those are mostly draft
notes)! Currently, the best examples of GNOME 3 style applications are
Documents and Clocks. You can also look to Boxes, Disks, Web and others for
inspiration.

It's great that you're thinking of creating an application in this style,
and I'd be happy to offer any advice that I can. That said, you need to be
aware that many of the design patterns are not a part of GTK yet: we are
still in the process of establishing the design approach
and accommodating it within the toolkit.

Allan
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[Dave Crossland]

Hi!

On 6 November 2012 08:58, Allan Day  wrote:
> I really need to finish the new version of the HIG

:-)

Obviously, no pressure, just curious - when do you think you may do this? :-)

[Kévin Raymond]

> Thanks! However these all seem rather simple, all literally named

'browsers' or 'viewers' rather than 'editors'. We could easily name the
list:
> Documents browser
> Contacts browser
> Files browser (aka Nautilus)
> Web browser (aka Epiphany)
> Clocks viewer
> Fonts viewer

I agree, I really dislike to open File while I want to open a File browser.
But this is a GNOME discussion that is aged..
Even my locale translation team didn't want to differ from upstream ^^

[snip]

[Ryan Lerch]

While not it is not really matching the HIG, there are test builds of 
inkscape that use GTK3.
https://plus.google.com/108911244660285152681/posts/AwhL9qC9RFJ

I'd be interested how it will be possible for cross-platform, complex 
applications like Inkscape to approach adhering to the new HIG.  Most of 
the applications that have been implemented to adhere to the new gnome3 
HIG are relatively simple, content consumption applications.

cheers,
ryanlerch

On 11/02/12 21:52, Dave Crossland wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm turning back to my plans for a modern libre font editor, and I've
> read the GNOME3 HIG, so I wonder if anyone knows what the most complex
> G3 HIG compliant apps available today are?
>
> Cheers
> Dave
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