[ Thanks to Roberto
Alsina for this link. ]
“A lot has been said in the last couple of years about HCI and
UI design in free software, most of it damning.“While such criticism has basis in fact, it has usually been
written from the designer’s side. The purpose of this article is to
explain the way I, see things, which is, of course,
different…“My theory is that basically two groups of well meaning people
are talking past each other and driving both groups mad in the
process…”
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