[mythtv-users] Why Free Software has poor usability ?
Jay R. Ashworth
jra at baylink.com
Mon Aug 4 19:50:01 UTC 2008
On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 10:15:01AM -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
> Param Singh wrote:
> > Interesting article :: Why Free Software has poor usability, and how
> > to improve it
> > ============================================================
> > Link :: http://mpt.net.nz/archive/2008/08/01/free-software-usability
> > ============================================================
> >
> > Major Points in the article
> >
> > * Weak incentives for usability.
> > * Few good designers.
> > * Design suggestions often aren't invited or welcomed.
>
> Well those first 3 certainly do not apply to the MythTV project.
Indeed.
I read that piece, and I'm going to do a point by point "what the hell
were you thinking" rebuttal, because most of those solutions won't
really ring the chimes of most people leading FOSS projects in *my*
experience...
but I do agree that there's almost no place in FOSS for
designer/analysts who are *not* coders, and I think that's a loss
(mostly because I am one, of course...)
Cheers,
-- jra
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