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2. Join the geeks
Why designers should contribute to FOSS

6. Netcraft - http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2013/05/03/may-2013-web-server-survey.html

7. 35.43%
7.15%
5.83%
3.91%
3.88%
StatCounter - http://gs.statcounter.com/#all-browser-ww-monthly-201303-201403-bar
72.03%
15.83%

8. Open source
software has
already won
Alex “Skud” Bayley at Guadec 2012

9. Android
Blackberry
FirefoxOS
iOS
Sailfish
Tizen
Ubuntu Touch
WebOS
Windows Phone

10. Android
Blackberry
FirefoxOS
iOS
Sailfish
Tizen
Ubuntu Touch
WebOS
Windows Phone
(2011)
(2011)
(2011)
(2011)

11. FOSS

13. peer review

15. all FOSS
software is ugly

21. there are no
designers in FOSS

25. there are no
designers in FOSS

26. there are no
designers in FOSS
t
<
enough

27. FOSS developers
hate designers

28. The OSS community (...) welcomed
the usability specialists like all those
who were willing to contribute in
some way (...). There was no previous
usability specialist involvement with
this community.
Open Source and HCI Philosophies in Open Source Projects - Incompatible
or Co-Existent?, M. Rajanen, N. Iivari, University of Oulu, Finland, 2013

29. The developers expressed that they
would readily welcome any further
usability help and especially (...) by
having a usability specialist as a close-
knit part of their team
Open Source and HCI Philosophies in Open Source Projects - Incompatible
or Co-Existent?, M. Rajanen, N. Iivari, University of Oulu, Finland, 2013

30. FOSS is all really
technical stuff

34. Work with ‘yes’
developers

37. Solve real
problems

41. Learn

42. FLOSS: Survey and Study
http://www.flossproject.org/report/Final4.htm#_Toc13908324

43. Be part of an
amazing community

45. and now, what?

54. Join the geeks

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