On 1/10/22 09:31, Tom Horsley wrote:
On Mon, 10 Jan 2022 10:01:22 -0400
George N. White III wrote:
Linux developers have to have a target class of users in mind
Yes, a completely imaginary class of users they invent in their
head to justify whatever insanity they decide they want to implement,
so when people object they can say, "but this is what the users want".
Focus groups are strange beasts. I have been on a few over the years.
One of the big challenges is getting a good cross-section of users to
get decent advise.
One 'classic' that I was involved with is back around '94 Ford's
Windstar focus group said a driver-side passenger was not needed. The
Chrysler Caravan focus group said this was one of the top items needed
in the ng.
This was one of the features that buried the Windstar for the '96 model
year. Chrysler had a great ad of a dolphin jumping through a Caravan
down in the Keys.
All to how to create a focus group. But then, you have to be willing to
listen and have the resources to create said focus group.
So we get what we get in Linux UI. "You want something different? Code
it up and show us."
Sigh.
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