Usability and open-source software development

Authors:
David M. Nichols;Kirsten Thomson;Stuart A. Yeates
Affiliations:
University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand;University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand;University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
Venue:
CHINZ '01 Proceedings of the Symposium on Computer Human Interaction
Year:
2001

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Abstract

Open-source is becoming an increasingly popular software development method. This paper reports a usability study of the open-source Greenstone Digital Library collection-building software. The problems highlighted by the study are analysed to identify their likely source within the social context of Greenstone's development environment. We discuss how characteristics of open-source software development influence the usability of resulting software products.