[Sigia-l] UI for the $150 Laptop (OLPC)

[Ziya Oz]

Zbigniew Lukasiak:

> So the question here is 'Why OSS is developer-driven?"

It's really not very complicated: in the vast majority of cases,

a) there is nobody else around, and
b) target audience is other geeks.

Generally speaking, developers just don't have the training, experience,
sensibilities, taste and aesthetics inclinations required. Good software has
three ingredients, roughly in equal measure: technology, business and
design. Usually, developers have only the first; experienced designers
should have all three.

I don't want to pick on this person, looks like he's young and, apparently,
it's his first VB project. But it amply illustrates the point.

This is the main app window:
<http://www.jensroesner.de/wgetgui/wgetgui.png>

This is the logo:
<http://www.jensroesner.de/wgetgui/smallwgg.jpg>

The developer thinks this is great UI. Read the slogan on top of his home
page:
<http://www.jensroesner.de/wgetgui/>

"The easy to use Graphical User Interface (GUI)
for the powerful webgrabber wGet"

Ziya
Nullius in Verba