“When you give user insights and feedback to FOSS - that’s an open source contribution!”

Check out this conversation with Canonical.

In this video, Open Source Designer Eriol Fox dives into the pragmatic world of design and usability within the FOSS ecosystem. We discuss how product designers and user researchers are driving long-term software sustainability through accessibility and smarter design.

This conversation covers the full spectrum of modern design development: from CLI design (Command Line Interface) and the "contributor-user" pathway, to why industry leaders are prioritizing design systems to keep their projects healthy. If you’re into Linux terminal workflows, human-computer interaction (HCI), or just building better digital commons, there's something here for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP0gkjIhezs&t=1s

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If you are interested in research in design in open source projects see the list of publications at

https://github.com/victoria-bondarchuk/List-of-Academic-Research-on-Usability-in-FOSS

and the literature review at https://user-project.superbloom.design/process/literature-review/

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Usability issue discussions in open source projects "…were mostly focused on visual design and user interaction mechanisms". A possible explaination: "efficiency issues […] and aesthetic issues […] tend to be system characteristics that can be readily discovered and addressed by developers once a version of the system is implemented, while other usability aspects may require deeper, upfront analysis and UI/UX design."

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3637307

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Following on from yesterday's blog post about the new design for profiles coming in Mastodon 4.6... here is the video of @imanijoy recent talk at @fossdesign where they discuss the challenges and detailed thought that goes into the design of new features (and the redesign of existing ones). 🖌️

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNxpTvbTy54

Imani Joy, designer at @Mastodon – A Solo Designer’s Survival Guide to the Fediverse at FOSS Backstage Design (@fossdesign)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNxpTvbTy54

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Designing in @penpot and @excalidraw for @Blender at @fossdesign

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P37fv8BXlaY

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If you are a developer working with designers in open source projects:
What did you learn about design from them and what would you like designers would know about development?

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If you are a designer in open source: What do you wish you learned earlier about being a designer in open source? //jd

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Something that I have said in the past and hear from others, too, that developers can easily get started with contributions to open source projects, while it is difficult for designers. I am more and more wondering if that simple claim makes sense. (1/4)

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