Re: Xaraya Usability Survey

Another link:
http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~daven/docs/oss-wp.html
Usability And Open-Source Software

Abstract
Open source communities have successfully developed many pieces of software
although most computer users only use proprietary applications. The
usability of open source software is often regarded as one reason for this
limited distribution. In this paper we review the existing evidence of the
usability of open source software and discuss how the characteristics of
open-source development influence usability. We describe how existing
human-computer interaction techniques can be used to leverage distributed
networked communities, of developers and users, to address issues of
usability.



"Chris Dudley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:pan.2002.12.20.11.35.52.650622-gn8pmO+6nsymdvSpIQae8A@public.gmane.org
> The W3C has released a new spec for Web Access for the disabled. I havent
> read the full spec yet, and it may be something that applies more to
> browsers than it does to websites but thought id mention it anyway.
> News story below :
>
>
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/12/17/021217hnaccessibility.xml?
1219thwebtech_ar
>
> miko
>
> On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 10:20:07 +0000, Doug Daulton (Apakuni) wrote:
>
> > Folks,
> >
> > Drew and I have been charged with pulling together a rough draft of a
> > Xaraya Usability RFC.  While each of us has pretty clear ideas of best
> > practices for usability, we'd also like to hear from the Xaraya
community.
> >  There is always room to learn.
> >
> > So, please take a moment and provide the following ...
> >
> > 1. Links to online examples of sites and web user interfaces (UI) that
you
> > think work really well.  For each example, please provide descriptions
of
> > at least one feature of the example that you think works really well and
> > why you think that.
> >
> > 2. Links to your favorite web usability/accessibility resources for our
> > review.
> >
> > 3. Any general comments or other resources (books, etc.) you feel should
> > be considered.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Doug (Apakuni)
>