Comment Pounding my head (Score 1) 383
I hear two different discussions on usability for OSS software. Discussion boards like this often praise this kind of work, but when you get to discussions with the people that develop the applications, it's a much much harder sell because everyone thinks they know what usability is.
Recent discussions on http://usability.kde.org and the desktop subproject for Debian are some examples of a refusal to get beyond comments like "Hey, check out my new widget!" and "Look, it's skinnable!"
not that I'm bitter or anything....
Without trying to learn more about usability techniques from people that make a living at it, we will be running around wasting our efforts on useless chatter.
Recent discussions on http://usability.kde.org and the desktop subproject for Debian are some examples of a refusal to get beyond comments like "Hey, check out my new widget!" and "Look, it's skinnable!"
not that I'm bitter or anything....
Without trying to learn more about usability techniques from people that make a living at it, we will be running around wasting our efforts on useless chatter.
