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KDE Developers and Usability Folks on Cooperation

sultanoslack writes "Over at NewsForge a story just popped up on the usability experts from OpenUsability and some of the issues on working with KDE development teams, specifically the KDE PIM team. There's some interesting content on the different working styles of the two groups as well as a little bit on some of the improvements that were part of the recent KDE 3.4 release."

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  1. /.ers, what's wrong with you? by vlad_petric · · Score: 4, Informative
    Usability (intuitiveness and "just works"-ness) is precisely what's keeping Linux from being adopted by the masses.

    This is one of the best news I've heard in years.

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    The Raven

  2. Re:Ignore the expert behind the curtain. by zbik · · Score: 4, Informative
    I'm going to ask because no one else will. How do you know they're usability experts? Who's doing the vetting?

    Each member has an "OpenUsability Peer Rating" (borrowed from Advogato) and a Skills Profile. Not every member takes advantage of this but it seems like a good framework.