A lot of people in this thread getting real defensive about objectively shit FOSS UI/UX. It’s not just driven by corporate familiarity or laziness, it’s a pretty major shortcoming in open source projects that never gets addressed because we constantly downplay it.
Designing for user experience isn’t solely Apple’s modern consumerist method of dumbing down, hiding complexity and smoothing corners for the largest audience. Human centered design is a deeply researched field going back to (at minimum) the second industrial revolution. Tool ergonomics, assembly line efficiency, poka-yoke design, control panel layouts for nuclear power plants, etc, etc.
I’m not asking for a design masterpiece every time but just glance at some UX guides. Require a UI review process beyond “I like how it looks”. And please, God, please condense your settings menus and make them searchable.
As someone who is planning to make software for others to use and have it be as user-friendly as possible, thank you… and I hope I can make something you can thank me for later.
A lot of people in this thread getting real defensive about objectively shit FOSS UI/UX. It’s not just driven by corporate familiarity or laziness, it’s a pretty major shortcoming in open source projects that never gets addressed because we constantly downplay it.
Designing for user experience isn’t solely Apple’s modern consumerist method of dumbing down, hiding complexity and smoothing corners for the largest audience. Human centered design is a deeply researched field going back to (at minimum) the second industrial revolution. Tool ergonomics, assembly line efficiency, poka-yoke design, control panel layouts for nuclear power plants, etc, etc.
I’m not asking for a design masterpiece every time but just glance at some UX guides. Require a UI review process beyond “I like how it looks”. And please, God, please condense your settings menus and make them searchable.
As someone who is planning to make software for others to use and have it be as user-friendly as possible, thank you… and I hope I can make something you can thank me for later.
Are these western-centric UX guides only? Do you have UX information for different cultures?