Draft specifications for OpenUsability.org

[Jan Muehlig]

Hi there,

finally we found the time and peace of mind to write down what we think 
is needed to bring OSS developers and usability people together. Most of 
the thoughts were developed during Castle times and the subsequent 
discussions. You can find it at: 
http://www.linux-usability.de/download/Draft_OpenUsability.pdf

If you read the draft, you may think that the portal we have in mind 
looks quite similar to SourceForge. But SourceForge is for developers. 
We need something that is also easily accessible for usability people.

Another issue is that the draft does not limit the scope to KDE, but to 
OSS. The reason why I think we should label it OpenUsability is that it 
is (again) more accessible for usability people (an alternative 
label/URL could be UseForge.org).

Nevertheless I think that KDE is (one of) the most active OSS projects 
with respect to usability. Hence I hope that KDE maintainers and the 
whole usability group of KDE take the platform as a neutral ground which 
can be easility integrated into KDE development.



So much for now. I am curious about your comments.

Jan