Re: [Usability] User Experience Advocates

[Kevin Godby <godbyk gmail com>]

'allo.

On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org> wrote:
> I hope this doesn't come across as snide, but the only way
> this is going to work in open source is for the interaction
> designers to have the ideas and lead the way.
>
> If a developer has an itch to scratch, he's not going to sit
> around waiting for somebody else's design ideas. He's going
> to JFDI. If interaction designers want to be involved before
> coding begins, they need to JFDI. It's how open source works.

How do you propose designers JFDI?  it seems to me that we could have
a way to match up designers willing to help with developers starting
new projects.  It would involve developers seeking out the help of
designers, though.

--Kevin Godby