Re:Inside a fast CSS engine
by FooBarWidget on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @02:51AM
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As a fellow open source developer I completely understand you. Thank you for your work on LibreOffice.
Having said that, the grandparent reflects an undeniable truth of our time. User expectations are high, users are "spoiled": they expect it all and they expect it for free. Not commenting on whether that is a good or bad thing, just pointing out that it is true.
Yes, psychologically it is healthier to draw motivation from the fun of working with other contributors. I also like delegating stuff to others and that is a really good habit for avoiding burnout.
An astute observation -- applies to more than just open source. Doesn't it seems to sum up the western society in general these days, or am I becoming a grumpy old man?
The sense of automatic entitlement, with no expectation of reciprocity or putting in the hard work (in open source or otherwise), appears pervasive.
Without the budget of Mozilla, there is no time to put enough thought and effort on presentation. Our volunteers are our money. I wear like five different hats in LibreOffice and do not get paid for any of them. If I focus on web layouts for some weeks, I watch in horror as our unconfirmed bug stats start growing out of control.
The number of people actively thinking about LibreOffice web presentation and layout is zero. If someone wants to start doing it for no compensation whatsoever, feel free to ping me.