Design in opensource

Design in opensource

Bojhan Somers

@Bojhan

Utrecht School of the Arts

Technology centricTechnology centric

2003

http://planet.firefox.com/ux/

Iniatives

Small problems

Why do they succeed in UX?

Culture

Observing users

Drupal 7UX

Drupal 7UX Project

Mark Boulton Leisa Reichelt

Process

Discussion platform

Inclusive

Process

What did we learn?

UX in opensource

A big mess

You have to work with developers....

User experience designer

Iterative, not incremental

Design before coding

Start with a mock, not a patch

Teach, teach, teach etc

You have to work with designers!

The designer in his tower

Education

No controlOrdered chaos

Design by committee is

bullshit

Design by committee

Technology centric?Idea centric

Questions / Discussion

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