Open Source Design

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Join us for our monthly get together where we talk about all things Open Source Design. Everyone is welcome.

These monthly meetings happen as a voice/video call using Jitsi at meet.jit.si/opensourcedesign.

To see what we talked about in previous meetings, check out the “Monthly call” category on the forum.

Date & Location

Date: Every First Wednesday
Time: 19:00-20:00 (Berlin Time)
Location: Online

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/

#opensourcedesign #UX #opensource #research

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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Krita 5.3.0 Released!

Today is the simultaneous release of Krita 5.3.0 and Krita 6.0.0! Depending which version of Qt and KDE Frameworks you build, the same source will result in one of the other. Both versions are almost functionally identical, with 6.0.0 having more Wayland functionality.

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@elhombretecla , designer at Penpot, explains how design token renaming works, now with optional reference remapping to keep everything connected.

No broken aliases, no inconsistencies.
Just smooth updates💫

Try Penpot https://penpot.app

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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Imani Joy – A Solo Designer’s Survival Guide to the Fediverse #FOSSDesign

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Mockups and Prototyping at Blender #FOSSDesign

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RE: https://floss.social/@doctormo/116286356831063690

"Rotate mode by second click" is a rather standard interaction in graphics applications, but it is not very discoverable.

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?

#opensourcedesign #development