Abstract
Drawing on tenets from action research, this paper presents a yearlong intervention designed to facilitate knowledge of actual users and use in an Open Source Software (OSS) development community. Results from the interventions are presented and the influence of central characteristics of the OSS community and its communication is discussed. Initial findings show that the ideology and praxis based approach of the OSS community, as well as their primary media of communication, present a challenge to the introduction of end-user issues.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Usability and Internationalization. HCI and Culture : Second International Conference on Usability and Internationalization, UI-HCII 2007, Held as Second International Conference on Usability and Internationalization, UI-HCII 2007, Held as Part of HCI International 2007, Beijing, China, July 22-27, 2007, Proceedings, Part I |
Editors | Nuray Aykin |
Number of pages | 9 |
Place of Publication | Berlin |
Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media |
Publication date | 2007 |
Pages | 10-18 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783540732860, 3540732861 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Event | Second International Conference on Usability and Internationalization, UI, HCII 2007. Held as part of HCI International 2007, Beijing, China, July 22-27, 2007 - Beijing, China Duration: 22 Jul 2007 → 27 Jul 2007 Conference number: 2 |
Conference
Conference | Second International Conference on Usability and Internationalization, UI, HCII 2007. Held as part of HCI International 2007, Beijing, China, July 22-27, 2007 |
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Number | 2 |
Country/Territory | China |
City | Beijing |
Period | 22/07/2007 → 27/07/2007 |
Series | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
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Number | 4559 |
ISSN | 0302-9743 |
Keywords
- Open source
- Usability
- Developers
- Community
- Learning
- Action research