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Scott Jenson on Open Source UX

The Informed Life

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Open Source Development - Is There a Design by Committee Problem?

As a user, but not a contributor to open source software, I had trouble personally getting used to the fact that it was more community-driven and much slower. One of the fundamental aspects of UX design is that you are fighting for perspective. Who is the user? Who are the users? What are their primary, what are their secondary goals? How do you layer them? How do they prioritize?

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