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Why Free Software has poor usability, and how to improve it

mpt.net.nz — The best open source applications and operating systems are more usable now than they were then. But this is largely from slow incremental improvements, and low-level competition between projects and distributors. Major problems with the design process itself remain largely unfixed.

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  • takatoo, on 10/05/2008, -0/+1-rants
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  • frase, on 10/06/2008, -0/+1Poor usability compared to what? I use Unix-like systems almost exclusively and find Windows' usability atrocious, on the occasions I use it.
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