Ingimp’s Tools May Improve FOSS Usability

“Since May, ingimp, a modified version of the GIMP, has
collected daily logs on what users do with the program in the hope
of improving its usability. The richness of this data is
unprecedented, yet improving the GIMP is only a sideshow for the
project. What ingimp is really designed to do, according to the
project’s leader, is develop the software and practices to put free
and open source software (FOSS) usability testing on a professional
footing “without placing an undue burden on either the developers
or users.”

“Michael Terry, the assistant professor at the David R. Cheriton
School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo in Canada
who heads the project, explains that ingimp is working with the
GIMP largely because he is familiar with the code base and has been
a minor contributor to the GIMP in the past…”

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