[Sigia-l] Open Source Usability -- curable?

[Jon Hanna]

Quoting Listera <listera at rcn.com>:

> Peter Trudelle:
> 
> >> I don't quite see the design community voluntarily becoming adjunct to a
> >> process they have little control/influence over without pay.
> >> 
> > You might be surprised at how little control/influence a paycheck can buy.
> 
> That didn't quite come out right. I don't mean to say that just because
> designers get paid they'll begin to influence the process. I mean that the
> notion that professional designers will join a process which will be driven
> by programmers is nutty, as they get neither influence nor pay.

The process is driven by the people involved in it (by the way, reading posts on
Slashdot is not always a good way to get a survey of their opinions).

Put up or shut up.

> If the very notion of deciding to pay designers is a tacit recognition of
> their value and leadership (hopefully reversing programmer-driven practices)
> then it would make more sense. In other words, I see the gesture more as
> willingness to change than a matter of mere compensation.

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