Overview

Design Philosophy

Plural’s design philosophy is referred to internally as the Oscar principle, and assumes that users of the software will be good actors.

That is, persons who:

• Prioritise the well-being of others.
• Use all systems without malicious intent.
• Adhere to the Code of Conduct of the community.

Pages in Plural

Log in page

Sign up page

Landing page

Garden page

The Garden page is comprised of three sections.

• Garden header
• Garden timeline
• Garden footer

Garden header

The Garden header displays:

• The title of the current Garden
• The current date in YYYY-mm-dd format (e.g. 2025-12-31)

Garden timeline

The Garden timeline displays up to three Asks at a time.

Asks in the Garden timeline are sorted using the following criteria, in ascending order:

1. The Deadline date of the Ask
2. The Creation date of the Ask

Meaning if two Asks are created on the same day, the Ask with a sooner (i.e. earlier) Deadline date, will appear first on the Garden timeline.

Garden footer

The Garden footer houses the buttons for opening menus. These buttons allow you to access the following context specific menus:

• Asks
• Settings
• Users
• Gardens