Hello members,
here is a link to a well elaborated article about usability in open
source software.
http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~daven/docs/oss-wp.html
The abstract:
Open source communities have successfully developed many pieces of
software although most computer users only use proprietary applications.
The usability of open source software is often regarded as one reason
for this limited distribution. In this paper we review the existing
evidence of the usability of open source software and discuss how the
characteristics of open-source development influence usability. We
describe how existing human-computer interaction techniques can be used
to leverage distributed networked communities, of developers and users,
to address issues of usability.
I encourage everyone to read the article. Many things that are described
there are 1:1 applicable to our situation, including positive as well as
negative observations. Maybe we can start a fruitful discussion based on
the suggestions made in the article about how to structure UX
participation in order to improve our product in terms of user needs and
usability.
Whether or not you're interested in UX matters, have a look, general
community work/life is also discussed.
Best,
Andreas
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Sun Microsystems GmbH Andreas Bartel
Nagelsweg 55 User Experience Engineer
20097 Hamburg Phone: (+49 40)23646 672
Germany Fax: (+49 40)23646 550
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