Audacity Aquired by Muse Group

Re:Audacity Aquired by Muse Group by marrs on Saturday May 01, 2021 @10:41AM (#27006705)

It’s odd that you singled out Gimp as they are the only free software project I’m aware of who engaged a professional UX consultant to redesign their UI, and that must be maybe 15 years ago

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Re:Audacity Aquired by Muse Group by randmeerkat on Saturday May 01, 2021 @11:23AM (#27007014)

Gimp is great, but it’s also the UI that I think of when I think of OSS that lacks finish. Hiring a UX consultant one time, 15 years ago, isn’t how people realize a good user experience. That’s why companies employ UI / UX engineers full time…

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Re:Audacity Aquired by Muse Group by marrs on Saturday May 08, 2021 @08:46AM (#27086657)

He wasn’t hired, he was a part of the development team for a number of years. For all I know, he still is.

I still think you’ve chosen a bad example. Gimp’s UI is no worse than Photoshop’s, and that’s not open source.

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