Re: Some thoughts for the future

From: Ben Steeves (ben.steeves_at_gmail.com)
Date: 06/30/05

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    On 6/30/05, Richard Kelsch <rich@csst.net> wrote:
    > Also,
    > the "function over form" perspective is one of the reasons why Linux is not
    > marketable to the average computer user; and never will be until programmers
    > finally get together with artists and designers. Both would be surprised
    > what the end result can do.

    You mean like this? http://www.gnome.org/~seth/blog/

    Not everyone who works on GNOME (specifically, or Open Source / Free
    Software in general) is a hardcore coder. There are designers,
    graphic artists, usability experts, and yes, even documentation
    writers.

    Just because you can't code is no reason not to get involved. I do
    get irritated when people respond to feature requests with "get
    coding" -- it's arrogant, silly, and in most cases rarely uttered by
    actual project coders. Making a feature request (a good one, not just
    saying "Why does project X suck so much? Fix it!", but something with
    use cases, user stories, the lot) is just as valid a form of
    participation as sitting down and checking out the code.

    IMHO. YMMV. 

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