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I really appreciate folks who commit time to open source projects for things other than code (e.g. things that may be otherwise neglected). There was a user on

I really appreciate folks who commit time to open source projects for things other than code (e.g. things that may be otherwise neglected). There was a user on GitHub back in 2019[0] who went around and created logos for a bunch of projects (including one I was working on actively at the time). Out of curiosity I looked the account up recently while working on a new project but it's not longer active. Translations are another great example of this. That same project that got the logo has also been translated by various people in to eight different languages! Other ways I'd love to find people devoting time to smaller projects -- accessibility and UX audits. It's hard to account for all this stuff on smaller projects with only one or two primary developers. [0] https://github.com/reallinfo?tab=overview&from=2019-12-01&to=2019-12-31 https://github.com/reallinfo?tab=overview&from=2019-12-01&to...

ChrisMarshallNY 5y ago
This. Especially the localization bit. I'm constantly surprised to encounter folks that never even think about it, until version 1.5, and then find out that localization is a nightmare to add, after the fact. And getting folks to work with them, is just as nightmarish. Good RoT for localization is native, local speaker of the language, and dialects need to be considered. It's quite possible to bust your ass, getting a Spanish translation, only to have a lot of upset Latin-American users, because the translation was done in Castilian Spanish, as the only person who could handle the tech involved in localization was a CS student in Madrid. I've learned to factor localization in from the beginning; even if I'm sure that this will never be used outside of my country (which isn't actually fair. There's neighborhoods in Brooklyn, where English is not the primary language; even though everyone was born here). You just need to get to the point where you have to add localization after the fact –once, to get religion. Localization is difficult and expensive. If we want people to help us localize, it is incumbent upon us to make it easy and relatively tech-free. Or we can pay beaucoup bucks to iBabble-On (who do a great job, but not for free).
m463 5y ago
> accessibility and UX audits I so very much agree. I think user interface design and inconsistency is really holding linux back. Accessibility is intertwined with it. I think if someone who did game ui design paired with a blind person could critique linux distributions (that led to changes), we would all benefit.

ChrisMarshallNY 5y ago

This. Especially the localization bit. I'm constantly surprised to encounter folks that never even think about it, until version 1.5, and then find out that localization is a nightmare to add, after the fact. And getting folks to work with them, is just as nightmarish. Good RoT for localization is native, local speaker of the language, and dialects need to be considered. It's quite possible to bust your ass, getting a Spanish translation, only to have a lot of upset Latin-American users, because the translation was done in Castilian Spanish, as the only person who could handle the tech involved in localization was a CS student in Madrid. I've learned to factor localization in from the beginning; even if I'm sure that this will never be used outside of my country (which isn't actually fair. There's neighborhoods in Brooklyn, where English is not the primary language; even though everyone was born here). You just need to get to the point where you have to add localization after the fact –once, to get religion. Localization is difficult and expensive. If we want people to help us localize, it is incumbent upon us to make it easy and relatively tech-free. Or we can pay beaucoup bucks to iBabble-On (who do a great job, but not for free).

m463 5y ago

> accessibility and UX audits I so very much agree. I think user interface design and inconsistency is really holding linux back. Accessibility is intertwined with it. I think if someone who did game ui design paired with a blind person could critique linux distributions (that led to changes), we would all benefit.