Open Source Interface Politics: Identity, Acceptance, Trust, and Lobbying

Zilouchian Moghaddam, Roshanak; Bongen, Kora A.; Twidale, Michael B.

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Title

Open Source Interface Politics: Identity, Acceptance, Trust, and Lobbying

Author(s)

• Zilouchian Moghaddam, Roshanak
• Bongen, Kora A.
• Twidale, Michael B.

Issue Date

2010

Keyword(s)

• Open source
• Usability
• Politics
• Lobbying

Abstract

A study of the Drupal open source project shows the rather problematic status of usability designers with respect to the larger developer community. Issues of power, trust, and identity arise and affect the way that usability recommendations are acted on or ignored. A political view of these aspects can help in interpreting the situation. We found that making a straightforward case for a particular interface design can be insufficient to convince developers. Instead various additional lobbying strategies may be employed to build up a quorum of support for the design

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Language

en

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