Randall Parker wrote:
>
> On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 18:27:54 +0100 esteemed Gervase Markham did hold forth
> thusly:
> > Firstly, this automatically assumes that end-user experience is the
> > defining criteria for Mozilla 1.0. This is by no means a given.
>
> And that is just the problem with it. Look, techies designing something for
> each other are just self-indulgent. A browser of all things ought to be built
> for the masses.
There is a lot of ground between "techies designing something for each
other" and "the end-user experience is the defining criteria for Mozilla
1.0".
And, leaving the "Mozilla is a platform" point aside (check out
http://www.mozdev.org), I think the Mail/News and Composer teams would be
a bit upset to hear Mozilla called a "browser".
Netscape, and any other Mozilla distributor who wants to, has the job of
making a browser for the masses. I am sure they will not release their
product without usability testing. The bugfixes resulting from that will
find their way back to Mozilla. That's how it should be.
> > I understand that we need to flag and fix usability issues, and I believe
> > that they are getting flagged, at least, using mechanisms like nsCatFood.
> > But I don't believe that usability studies should define the Mozilla
> > release schedule.
>
> If few want to use it then why release it in the first place?
"mozilla.org is not going to base its release criteria for Mozilla 1.0 on
usability studies" != "few people will want to use Mozilla 1.0".
Gerv
