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It is a massive and complicated tangle of reasons why UXers don't, or try to and fail, or try to and fail and try to and fail and then give up, to FOSS.
Some reaons are, and I say these with the utmost respect for FOSS contributors, they:
- don't fully understand what design is
- don't have the energy/resources to work with designers
- equate all design with icons and making things "sexy"
- aren't interested
- don't know how to find us (designers)
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It is a massive and complicated tangle of reasons why UXers don't, or try to and fail, or try to and fail and try to and fail and then give up, to FOSS.
Some reaons are, and I say these with the utmost respect for FOSS contributors, they:
- don't fully understand what design is
- don't have the energy/resources to work with designers
- equate all design with icons and making things "sexy"
- aren't interested
- don't know how to find us (designers)
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It is a massive and complicated tangle of reasons why UXers don't, or try to and fail, or try to and fail and try to and fail and then give up, to FOSS.
Some reaons are, and I say these with the utmost respect for FOSS contributors, they:
- don't fully understand what design is
- don't have the energy/resources to work with designers
- equate all design with icons and making things "sexy"
- aren't interested
- don't know how to find us (designers)
It is a massive and complicated tangle of reasons why UXers don't, or try to and fail, or try to and fail and try to and fail and then give up, to FOSS.
Some reaons are, and I say these with the utmost respect for FOSS contributors, they:
- don't fully understand what design is
- don't have the energy/resources to work with designers
- equate all design with icons and making things "sexy"
- aren't interested
- don't know how to find us (designers)
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You're most welcome.
It's a hard problem and there is not one solution. The effort designers have to exert to do design is different than that of a developer. I don't mean it's harder or easier, just different.
Often, for a designer there is an "uphill battle" effort to get good design in software, any software.
The power dynamic is very much not in our favour. It's usually "contribute code" to get something done.
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You're most welcome.
It's a hard problem and there is not one solution. The effort designers have to exert to do design is different than that of a developer. I don't mean it's harder or easier, just different.
Often, for a designer there is an "uphill battle" effort to get good design in software, any software.
The power dynamic is very much not in our favour. It's usually "contribute code" to get something done.
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You're most welcome.
It's a hard problem and there is not one solution. The effort designers have to exert to do design is different than that of a developer. I don't mean it's harder or easier, just different.
Often, for a designer there is an "uphill battle" effort to get good design in software, any software.
The power dynamic is very much not in our favour. It's usually "contribute code" to get something done.
You're most welcome.
It's a hard problem and there is not one solution. The effort designers have to exert to do design is different than that of a developer. I don't mean it's harder or easier, just different.
Often, for a designer there is an "uphill battle" effort to get good design in software, any software.
The power dynamic is very much not in our favour. It's usually "contribute code" to get something done.
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implies a 'handover', where insights / big picture tend to get lost.
> Ideally both designers and devs have a common understanding of the 'business domain'.
And in FOSS that business domain could be anything! Right.
An important aspect of understanding what UX designers do/are is: designers have to understand *just enough* context of how the software works. They are not experts in this. Neither is the community of users, possibly.
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implies a 'handover', where insights / big picture tend to get lost.
> Ideally both designers and devs have a common understanding of the 'business domain'.
And in FOSS that business domain could be anything! Right.
An important aspect of understanding what UX designers do/are is: designers have to understand *just enough* context of how the software works. They are not experts in this. Neither is the community of users, possibly.
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implies a 'handover', where insights / big picture tend to get lost.
> Ideally both designers and devs have a common understanding of the 'business domain'.
And in FOSS that business domain could be anything! Right.
An important aspect of understanding what UX designers do/are is: designers have to understand *just enough* context of how the software works. They are not experts in this. Neither is the community of users, possibly.
implies a 'handover', where insights / big picture tend to get lost.
> Ideally both designers and devs have a common understanding of the 'business domain'.
And in FOSS that business domain could be anything! Right.
An important aspect of understanding what UX designers do/are is: designers have to understand *just enough* context of how the software works. They are not experts in this. Neither is the community of users, possibly.
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> take time together to elaborate on them.
Yes. And design, of anything functional, is compromise.
Otherwise it's art. UX design is not art.
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> take time together to elaborate on them.
Yes. And design, of anything functional, is compromise.
Otherwise it's art. UX design is not art.
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> take time together to elaborate on them.
Yes. And design, of anything functional, is compromise.
Otherwise it's art. UX design is not art.
> take time together to elaborate on them.
Yes. And design, of anything functional, is compromise.
Otherwise it's art. UX design is not art.
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Ad-hoc development - right.
And yes some product management focus helps.
It's not for every FOSS project. That's OK.
But when you're software is used by more than just you - you're no longer scratching your itch.
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Ad-hoc development - right.
And yes some product management focus helps.
It's not for every FOSS project. That's OK.
But when you're software is used by more than just you - you're no longer scratching your itch.
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Ad-hoc development - right.
And yes some product management focus helps.
It's not for every FOSS project. That's OK.
But when you're software is used by more than just you - you're no longer scratching your itch.
Ad-hoc development - right.
And yes some product management focus helps.
It's not for every FOSS project. That's OK.
But when you're software is used by more than just you - you're no longer scratching your itch.
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@FediFollows If you'd list me under #UX, and #OpenSourceSoftware that'd be swell.
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@FediFollows If you'd list me under #UX, and #OpenSourceSoftware that'd be swell.
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@FediFollows If you'd list me under #UX, and #OpenSourceSoftware that'd be swell.
@FediFollows If you'd list me under #UX, and #OpenSourceSoftware that'd be swell.
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Hi @owncast I'm Bernard, one of the Open Source Design founders.
I'd be happy to have a chat with you about what you think you need, then we could write a job posting together.
Does that help?
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Hi @owncast I'm Bernard, one of the Open Source Design founders.
I'd be happy to have a chat with you about what you think you need, then we could write a job posting together.
Does that help?
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Hi @owncast I'm Bernard, one of the Open Source Design founders.
I'd be happy to have a chat with you about what you think you need, then we could write a job posting together.
Does that help?
Hi @owncast I'm Bernard, one of the Open Source Design founders.
I'd be happy to have a chat with you about what you think you need, then we could write a job posting together.
Does that help?
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Very good, I'll join and say hello. And put my flame retardent suit on. 😉
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Very good, I'll join and say hello. And put my flame retardent suit on. 😉
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Very good, I'll join and say hello. And put my flame retardent suit on. 😉
Very good, I'll join and say hello. And put my flame retardent suit on. 😉
