wekan/docs/DeveloperDocs/Design-Principles.md

WeKan Design Principles

• 2024-08 Design discussion here: https://github.com/wekan/wekan/discussions/5507
• Original WeKan Design:
  • Kanban, the good parts. Like was done when figuring out best design for Swimlanes https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/955
  • Intuitive, easy to figure out, prevent messing up something https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/Monkey-Proof-Software
  • Polished UI/UX
  • Menu options are there where you would expect then to be.
  • Try to fix anything unexpected.
  • New features added there where it makes most sense.
  • Not too many toggles and settings, because that is worse. For example, Discord settings has too many toggles and settings. Just select some default.
  • FOSS with MIT license
  • Swimlanes
  • All the use cases of WeKan feature/fix contributors
  • Cross-platform. Support many CPU/OS/Browsers for Desktop and Mobile.
  • Support many browsers https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/Browser-compatibility-matrix . Add support for more.
  • PWA https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/PWA
  • On-Premise:
    • Linux amd64/arm64/s390x
      • https://wekan.github.io/install/
      • https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/Raspberry-Pi
    • Windows https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/Offline
    • Mac https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/Mac
• Not like other software:
  • But note that design of all software changes often, when they are in active development.
• Not bad parts of Trello:
  • Not the exact design of Trello https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/FAQ#why-does-wekan-look-so-different-now-compared-to--v09
  • Not so many duplicate menus and texts like Trello
  • Not so much empty space
• Some good parts of Trello:
  • Import from Trello
  • Shortcuts https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/1878
  • IFTTT Rules like Trello Butler https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/IFTTT
  • Progress bar of checklist
• Some good parts of Jira:
  • Multiple assignees