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On Apr 24, 2014, at 3:58 AM, Thierry Carrez <thierry at openstack.org> wrote:

> Liz Blanchard wrote:
>> I’m happy to say that there will be two slots (back to back) on the cross-project track for us to have discussions around User Experience during Summit \o/. I’d like to propose we talk about the following, but am completely open to suggestions from whoever is interested in attending these sessions. Let me know if anyone has any thoughts here!
>> [...]
> 
> I think it would be good to make sure that session includes all aspects
> of user experience, not just web GUIs: API documentation, command-line
> tools, missing language SDKs, etc. I.e. "what can we do to improve the
> OpenStack end user experience”.

Thanks for your feedback Thierry. I completely agree that our goals as a User Experience group should not solely focus on the UI layer of OpenStack. We have definitely started there, but I’ve always envisioned us branching out and covering what you mention above as we get more folks interested and can cover more ground. 

> 
> After the UX session(s) there is a "OpenStack clients and SDKs" workshop
> that will go into the implementation details of some of that, but I
> still think that UX should set high-level goals for the whole user
> experience, not just the browser-driven one.
I definitely will plan to attend this session, thanks for the heads up on this.

> 
>> 4) UX as a program.
>> 	-What does it mean to be a program?
>> 	-Would UX make sense to be a program? If so, how should we work together to make this something we could propose as a team?
> 
> Note that the people working on OpenStack clients / SDKs also look at
> becoming a program -- it may actually make sense to combine both efforts
> in a single "end user experience" program.

I think working closely with the folks who are tackling efforts around OpenStack clients / SDKs makes a lot of sense. I will be sure to encourage conversations between the two groups on how we can work together towards a common UX goal!

Best,
Liz

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> Thierry Carrez (ttx)
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