DocumentCode
2417616
Title
Exploring Usability Discussions in Open Source Development
Author
Twidale, Michael B. ; Nichols, David M.
Author_Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL
fYear
2005
fDate
03-06 Jan. 2005
Abstract
The public nature of discussion in open source projects provides a valuable resource for understanding the mechanisms of open source software development. In this paper we explore how open source projects address issues of usability. We examine bug reports of several projects to characterise how developers address and resolve issues concerning user interfaces and interaction design. We discuss how bug reporting and discussion systems can be improved to better support bug reporters and open source developers.
Keywords
Computer bugs; Computer science; Databases; Graphical user interfaces; Information science; Open source software; Robustness; Software libraries; Usability; User interfaces;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
System Sciences, 2005. HICSS '05. Proceedings of the 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on
ISSN
1530-1605
Print_ISBN
0-7695-2268-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/HICSS.2005.266
Filename
1385644
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