---
title: "Jen Simmons on Usability, CSS3, and Getting Bartik into D7"
url: "/podcasts/drupal-voices/jen-simmons-on-usability-css3-and-getting-bartik-into-d7"
type: episode
date: 2010-05-04
updated: 2014-04-09
---

# Jen Simmons on Usability, CSS3, and Getting Bartik into D7

#  Jen Simmons on Usability, CSS3, and Getting Bartik into D7 

  

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[Jen Simmons](https://twitter.com/jensimmons) is on a mission to get a new theme into Drupal 7 within the next 12 days called [Bartik.](http://drupal.org/project/bartik) Drupal 7 core co-maintainer [Angie Byron said in the issue queue](http://drupal.org/node/683026#comment-2879342) that "the deadline for new core themes is **May 17, 2010** to allow for a few days to squash any additional bugs before the beta."

In this interview, Simmons talks about the evolution of Bartik and how [she'd love to get some help](http://drupal.org/node/784900) in the [Bartik issue queue.](http://drupal.org/project/issues/bartik) There's also a [demo site](http://bartik.milkweedmediadesign.com/) that highlights the different features of the theme. If you'd like to see a new theme in Drupal 7, then be sure to jump in and get involved.

Simmons also talks about her [Drupal Core Developer Summit](http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/core-developer-summit) presentation on ["Why Clicking Buttons in Drupal Sucks"](http://extras.jensimmons.com/drupalconsf2010/buttons_in_drupal.pdf) that calls for the creation of a Drupal Module Developers User Experience Guide.

Simmons also gave a DrupalCon presentation on [CSS3: The Future is Now,](http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/css3-future-now) and she gives some highlights from [her presentation](http://extras.jensimmons.com/drupalconsf2010/css3.pdf).