Day: HIG updates

At his blog, Allan Day announces the first major update to the GNOME Human Interface Guidelines since the first GNOME 3 version (released in 2014). Day notes that the GNOME 3 HIG is structured around design patterns, in the hopes that it can be updated regularly to reflect current practices. "These new guidelines are the direct result of design work that has happened in the past year. They attempt to distill everything we’ve learned through our own process of trial and error." Furthermore, "the HIG now links to the relevant GTK+ API reference documentation for each design component. This is nice for knowing which widget does what; and makes the design guidelines a more effective accompaniment to the toolkit."