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It’s true - it’s a frustrating side of free software projects that user experience isn’t taken seriously. I think those that push back at criticism on that side
by LightFog 3y ago
It’s true - it’s a frustrating side of free software projects that user experience isn’t taken seriously. I think those that push back at criticism on that side aren’t considering that a key point of ‘free’ software is evangelism and encouraging adoption and are letting something else (eg ego) get in the way.
- skydhash 3y ago> it’s a frustrating side of free software projects that user experience isn’t taken seriously. It's taken seriously by the users. The maintainers don't owe anyone to implement your ideas. If you have some issue about some software, you go and do the work. FOSS is not about delivering a software product to you, it's more about giving you freely the foundation that may be suitable or not for you. If it's not, you take it and do the extra work to get it more suitably aligned to your purpose. That may require some technical knowledge, but a bit of education is always helpful. I don't think I've ever seen FOSS marketing. More often than not, I've stumbled into it or I found it when searching for a solution to a problem that I have. If you do not like the default, you're encouraged to fork it and make it your own. Don't try to enforce your preferences on everyone.
- LightFog 3y agoYep - this is exactly the attitude I have a problem with. Telling someone to go fork a project and write it themselves if they find using it awkward stinks. Free software is exactly marketing, it is a movement that is trying to spread its values. Technical implementation/software are important conduits but secondary to that goal. If you reject input from those without the resources (technical, time, financial) from participating then the movement will never grow.