Dinesh Shah (દિનેશ શાહ/दिनेश शाह) wrote: > Usalibilty in FOSS is f*** word so please don't ask. Usability is also > against our principles and values. However, if you do make a mistake > of asking be ready for flames. > Although that was within sarcasm tag, I couldn't resist. Have you heard about the Open Usability Project? Have you heard about KDE HIG? Have you heard about GNOME Usability Guidelines? Things have come a long way, if you are still stuck in the old world. A lot of FOSS projects have understood the importance on usability driven design and development, and have taken measures to have sound usability teams. KDE is one good example of it.
A strong brick is the one which has been burnt hard with flame. If you can't stand flame, be a cry baby and rather make use of it as a learning experience, then may god save you. Well, this whole thread looks very much like a never ending troll. We have been through this lot of times and we know the outcomes. But people have their own freedom to waste their time, don't they!? -- --- With Regards, Parthan "technofreak" <gpg> 2FF01026 <blog> http://blog.technofreak.in -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

