Ville Säävuori's Bookmarks Tagged With "usability"

The Great Ubuntu-Girlfriend Experiment

http://contentconsumer.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/is-ubuntu-useable-enough-for-my-girlfriend/
- Rated 2 stars out of 5.
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"The main issue with the desktop experience is that the geeky programmers and designers assume too much from the average user."
- Tags: ubuntu, usability, käytettävyys, linux
- Saved by Ville Säävuori on April 28, 2008.
Linus Torvalds: Mac OS X and Windows can't hold a candle to Linux | The Open Road - The Business and Politics of Open Source by Matt Asay - CNET Blogs

http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9865732-16.html?tag=cnetfd.blogs.item
- Rated 2 stars out of 5.
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"... let's be honest: the Linux desktop is "utter crap" compared to either OS X or Windows when it comes to the thing that matters most: usability". In your face, Linus :)
- Tags: cnet, linustorvalds, linux, macosx, windows, usability
- Saved by Ville Säävuori on February 07, 2008.
Usability Disaster Story - Miguel de Icaza

http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2008/Jan-24-1.html
- Rated 2 stars out of 5.
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A "feature" of Mediawiki got 95% of users to download over two years old version of the program they were after -- and no one noticed.
- Tags: usability, mono, mediawiki
- Saved by Ville Säävuori on January 25, 2008.