Hello, On Feb 10 21:31 Marc Chamberlin wrote (excerpt):
What ... many Linux zealots fail to understand, is that half the battle of designing a well design tool(s) is that it is the job of the designers and programmers to make it easy for newcomers ...
Basically there are no extra designers for most Linux software. Basically it is the "Linux zealots" who make most Linux software. It is a contradiction in itself to demand that "Linux zealots" should make their software easy for newcomers because they cannot. They would need newcomers who are willing to spend time and energy to contribute real value and work together with them over a longer time and help them to understand how their software looks from a newcomer's point of view. Unfortunately there is not much of those contribution. Instead there are mostly only complaints when something does not work which does not really help the developers.
Implementing features is one thing, designing for usability is quite another.
Yes. I look forward to your valuable contribution regarding software design and usability.
Until you learn the difference, and understand that there are multiple levels of target audiences competency levels, please stay out of software design and development.
Wow! If I understand you correctly, you say that many free software developers should "stay out of software development". In this case I assume with this kind of mind-set nobody would like to listen to what you will contribute regarding software design and usability. Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany AG Nuernberg, HRB 16746, GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org