Usability and open-source software development

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Title	Usability and open-source software development
Publication Type	Journal Article
Year of Publication	2001
Authors	Nichols, DM, Thomson, K, Yeates, SA
Secondary Title	Proceedings of the Symposium on Computer Human Interaction
Pagination	49–54
Date Published	June
Publisher	ACM SIGCHI New Zealand
Keywords	Greenstone, user study
Abstract	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.
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