Open Source has a UX problem. Here's how we can fix it.

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Truthfully, Free Software is a philosophy concerned with software development and the rights of the end user and that's it. It has nothing to do with the economic model that drives its development. So what's the problem?

Read this video as an article: https://gardinerbryant.com/free-software-has-a-ux-problem/

Please stop lowering your standards for open source software

Just because it's "free" doesn't mean anything goes.

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00:00 The inciting incident
01:51 What does UX actually mean?
02:22 Free software has a User Experience problem...
03:36 "Free Software Developers"
05:24 RE: Sydney Butler
08:11 The one example Butler actually gave...
10:22 Redmond Design
11:48 Audacity is one of the true FOSS UX success stories
12:38 Three ways to improve FOSS UX
13:39 #2 Usage Statistics
15:54 #3 Your contributions
18:31 Conclusion