Your first post??? Get out of here! ;)
Seriously, welcome Dan. Glad to hear you're using The System.
I think you're idea sounds great. So far the community has been almost exclusively techie, so there has been little user experience documentation or discussion. There is a fairly good amount "hard coded" into the software, but I think you're right. There ought to be some general guidelines for how best to lay out the system for design and functionality.
Generally, people have been referred to or been offered a quote from Jakob Nielsen. That's usually a very good starting point. But something OpenACS specific is a great idea.
What did you have in mind? I imagine that you're not really talking about graphic design as much as user interface, if there is a difference, right? I mean, not really about fancy pictures but how to get the layout the system to allow the user to get the most out of it.
Am I right?
talli
