Ahmed Kabir Chaion 8:58 am on January 29, 2021
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Design Team Meeting Notes January 20, 2021

These are the weekly notes for the design meeting that happens on Wednesdays. You can read the full transcript on our Slack channel and find the meeting agenda here. You can join the SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel by following the instructions in our handbook.

Attendees: @chaion07, @paaljoachim, @kellychoffman, @karmatosed, @arpitgshah, @habib919000, @estelaris, @hedgefield

Housekeeping

  • We have an open call for note-takers and triage facilitators. These both are great ways to get involved for new contributors but everyone is welcome to help out. Let us know if you are interested in the comments.
  • Contributions to the Design Team is always welcomed. Please pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” @estelaris or @chaion07 and they will guide you through.

Announcement

  • WordPress 5.6.1 just days away
  • A few stale issues in GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ repository: https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/01/14/stale-issues-in-gutenberg-repository/
  • Test Scrub Schedule for 5.7: https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/01/15/test-scrub-for-wordpress-5-7/
  • Shared Bug Scrub for design and a11yAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility): The joint Bug Scrub will take place on Wednesdays at 17:00 UTC, so one hour before our meeting. The location of the meeting will alternate between #design and #accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility), so we can get both teams involved and working together to bring some nice improvements to 5.7.

Updates

Open Floor

@justinahinon is seeking feedback from the team on blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. editor handbook homepage https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/. Justin is working closely with @paaljoachim on improving the content of the handbook, and would like to take this opportunity to add some design changes as well. Specifically, now, on the homepage https://github.com/JustinyAhin/gutenberg/blob/gutenberg-hanbook-intro-page/docs/readme.md They would like to use cards for the headings like on Gatsby docs https://make.wordpress.org/core/files/2021/01/Screenshot_2021-01-20-Welcome-to-the-Gatsby-Way-of-Building-Gatsby.png 

One suggestion made by @kellychoffman was to identify which info and content we want to be displayed in cards. that might be easier to provide a re-usable design that could be easily applied and styled in the theme.

@estelaris also suggested it would be a good idea to have a wire-frame so that we can understand what content is going to be added where. Questions like, are you moving the menu from the left column? will a new menu be introduced? However, if nothing from the frame will change, then shouldn’t be any issues in modifying the style for the content. Additionally, identifying and justifying the use of cards, what is the purpose? we should remember that adding extra graphic elements to such small area with existing images, can be overwhelming.

@karmatosed inquired on who the audience is going to be, whether existing users or designers and are we looking to change it to become a reference there? Tammie agreed with Kelly and pointed focus would on the paths over the design as a starting point. Just having a more usable handbook in the same style can be a huge win for everyone.

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