Paper Info
Title
A Survey of Usability Practices in Free/Libre/Open Source Software
Abstract
A review of case studies about usability in eight Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) projects showed that an important issue regarding a usability initiative in the project was the lack of user research. User research is a key component in the user-centered design (UCD) process and a necessary step for creating usable products. Reasons why FLOSS projects suffered from a lack of user research included poor or unclear project leadership, cultural differences between developer and designers, and a lack of usability engineers. By identifying these critical issues, the FLOSS usability community can begin addressing problems in the efficacy of usability activities and work towards creating more usable FLOSS products.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1007/978-3-642-02032-2_23
International Federation for Information Processing
Keywords
Field
DocType
usability engineering,user centered design
Pluralistic walkthrough,Web usability,Systems engineering,Computer science,Usability engineering,Usability,Usability lab,Usability goals,Knowledge management,Universal usability,System usability scale
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
299
1571-5736
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.40
8
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Celeste Lyn Paul1526.60