# Applicability to GNOME 3

This version of the Human Interface Guidelines was written for designers and developers of GNOME 2 applications. This focus is reflected in the advice offered, and in the accompanying illustrations.

Since many of them apply equally to GNOME 3, however, you can and should continue to follow the majority of these usability principles and guidelines in your GNOME 3 application.

An updated Human Interface Guidelines document focusing on GNOME 3 will be released in due course. In the meantime, you can find some specific GNOME 3 guidelines on the GNOME Shell Guidelines wiki page.

The GNOME Usability Project, March 2011