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HICSS
2005
IEEE
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13 years 10 months ago
Exploring Usability Discussions in Open Source Development
The public nature of discussion in open source projects provides a valuable resource for understanding the mechanisms of open source software development. In this paper we explore...
Michael B. Twidale, David M. Nichols
HCI
2007
13 years 6 months ago
Major HCI Challenges for Open Source Software Adoption and Development
The aim of the paper is to identify and discuss major challenges for OSS from an HCI perspective, so as to aid the adoption and development processes for end-users, developers and ...
Nikos Viorres, Papadopoulos Xenofon, Modestos Stav...
ICSM
2009
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Studying the use of developer IRC meetings in open source projects
Open source developers communicate with each other via various online outlets. Thus far, mailing lists have been the main coordination mechanism. However, our previous study shows...
Emad Shihab, Zhen Ming Jiang, Ahmed E. Hassan
CHI
2007
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Usability and free/libre/open source software SIG: HCI expertise and design rationale
The usability of Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) is a new challenge for HCI professionals. Although HCI professionals are working on usability issues in FLOSS, the CHI com...
Paula M. Bach, Bryan Kirschner, John M. Carroll
CHI
2004
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Professional usability in open source projects: GNOME, OpenOffice.org, NetBeans
Working as a usability professional in the open source arena is a challenging task. The decentralized and engineering-driven approach of open source projects can be at odds with c...
Calum Benson, Jiri Mzourek, Matthias Müller-P...