Yeah, there are lots of FOSS projects that have very obviously never had input from an artist or UI designer. The Venn diagram of “people who have the programming skills to make good FOSS” and “people who know how to design a good UI” consists of two almost entirely separate circles.
There’s also the attitude that you’re seeing in this thread, where if people had a problem with UX the response from the devs is basically “skill issue, git gud”
Most people don’t have the skills to improve UX themselves and it shouldn’t be a requirement of any software aiming for mass adoption. Frankly if you have users familiar with the product space reaching for a manual you’ve failed at UI design. It is entirely possible to design a new UX that people can still pick up and use largely without assistance
Yeah, there are lots of FOSS projects that have very obviously never had input from an artist or UI designer. The Venn diagram of “people who have the programming skills to make good FOSS” and “people who know how to design a good UI” consists of two almost entirely separate circles.
There’s also the attitude that you’re seeing in this thread, where if people had a problem with UX the response from the devs is basically “skill issue, git gud”
If it’s documented… Skill issue or help out.
Good UX greatly reduces the need for documentation.
Most people don’t have the skills to improve UX themselves and it shouldn’t be a requirement of any software aiming for mass adoption. Frankly if you have users familiar with the product space reaching for a manual you’ve failed at UI design. It is entirely possible to design a new UX that people can still pick up and use largely without assistance
And let’s not forget that FOSS is unfortunatly often just awful Elektron apps