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The UX of UX
Behind the scenes of designing effectively in the open
Image Credits
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@raghunayyar
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Be Welcoming
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New contributors maintain the
spirit of the project.
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It’s very simple
Document Contribution Guidelines
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It’s very simple
Use Wiki Effectively
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It’s very simple
Use Tags Effectively
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But
Tagging Starter jobs ain’t enough
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Junior Jobs + Design
KDE’s biggest contribution to my open source love
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Onboarding
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Steps for designers for getting started with
building awesome software:
1. Run the following command, which needs 4 other
commands to run. So meta.
2. Oh yeah, you gotta start that node server too.
3. Fuck, CSS and JavaScript needs compilation.
4. FML.
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Reduce Installation Steps
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WP 5 minute install
Classic Example
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Design
Objectivity
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Pixel
Fucking
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Someone who pixel-fucks pays more
attention to things like grain than the
overall effectiveness of the shot.
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Someone who pixel-fucks pays more
attention to things like grain than the
overall effectiveness of the shot.
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- Urban dictionary
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Define a design language
CSS Visual guide or
a even wiki of design thoughts.
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Feature
Requests
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Implement relevant requests,
not all requests*
* unless they are all relevant
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Put feature requests
out to poll
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Design
Thinking
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Open Source Software is
still Engineering driven
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Over-engineering is the easiest
way to mess up usability
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Involve design since the start,
and you are already halfway there.
Image credits
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Recap
Be welcoming
Focus on Onboarding
Don’t fuck with pixels too much
Poll out feature requests
Involve Design since the start
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@raghunayyar