# FLOSSUX - A project about stronger UX in FLOSS projects! **URL:** \ **Category:** Communication and collaboration\ **Created:** [February 26, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/flossux-a-project-about-stronger-ux-in-floss-projects/2387 "2021-02-26T18:27:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![dani763f](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/dani763f/32/2247_2.png) [@dani763f](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/dani763f)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/flossux-a-project-about-stronger-ux-in-floss-projects/2387/1 "2021-02-26T18:27:26Z")

Hi Everyone! I am a student at the IT University of Copenhagen currently writing my master thesis on UX design. I have always loved open-source and thought that its implications are inspirational and intriguing. Naturally, my thesis had to involve the wonderful world of open-source. If you want to take a look at my findings from working with two open-source projects [feel free to check out my GitHub project](https://github.com/dani763f/FLOSS-UX) and create a discussion! This can be based on some of your experiences, how you have overcome some of the challenges of bringing great UX to FLOSS, or to outright disagree if you have a different experience. It would mean a lot to my thesis to have some examples of use for the discussion, and you might find it interesting 😉 ---

**Author:** ![Erioldoesdesign](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/erioldoesdesign/32/2895_2.png) [@Erioldoesdesign](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/Erioldoesdesign)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 1:21pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/flossux-a-project-about-stronger-ux-in-floss-projects/2387/2 "2021-03-01T13:21:45Z")

Hi there @dani763f interesting research that I think many of us have thought about and worked within our FLOSS & Designer lives. I worked on a similar set of research when I was at Ushahidi through a funded project: [GitHub - Erioldoesdesign/opendesign: A methodology for distributed, asynchronous design contributions to software projects](https://github.com/Erioldoesdesign/opendesign) after the project’s funding ended I forked the repo which is this link. But I know many of the members here have had many conversations about the topics in your research, some of us multiple times! another good place to find info is: [Design & UX | A Space for Open Source Sustainers](https://sustainoss.org/working-groups/design-and-ux/) and the podcast the group does to talk about these challenges: [https://sosdesign.sustainoss.org/](https://sosdesign.sustainoss.org/) ---

**Author:** ![dani763f](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/dani763f/32/2247_2.png) [@dani763f](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/dani763f)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/flossux-a-project-about-stronger-ux-in-floss-projects/2387/3 "2021-03-01T14:49:24Z")

Hi @Erioldoesdesign Thanks for the great resources! Will check them out. Really nice to see the increasing interest in the design of FLOSS projects! ---

**Author:** ![Erioldoesdesign](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/erioldoesdesign/32/2895_2.png) [@Erioldoesdesign](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/Erioldoesdesign)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 3:03pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/flossux-a-project-about-stronger-ux-in-floss-projects/2387/4 "2021-03-01T15:03:41Z")

It’s also worth checking out what @Memo_Es over at Open Collective is doing re. Open Design projects and processes: [Open Collective Design. Design can drive action in the open… | by Guillermo Esparza | Open Collective | Medium](https://medium.com/open-collective/open-collective-design-ec6bd42da79) ---

**Author:** ![dani763f](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/dani763f/32/2247_2.png) [@dani763f](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/dani763f)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/flossux-a-project-about-stronger-ux-in-floss-projects/2387/5 "2021-03-01T15:13:32Z")

Wow! So many things i haven’t seen yet. And really cool that you have a podcast! 👏 ---

**Author:** ![aschrijver](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/aschrijver/32/2176_2.png) [@aschrijver](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/aschrijver)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 7:28am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/flossux-a-project-about-stronger-ux-in-floss-projects/2387/6 "2021-03-04T07:28:30Z")

Hi @dani763f Wow, what a wonderful resource you have created. I love the fact that you used Just the Docs to present it too. If you’d like to PR to [delightful-humane-design](https://codeberg.org/teaserbot-labs/delightful-humane-design)… it would be a great resource there. I’ll also refer to your work at [Humane Tech Community](https://community.humanetech.com) and announce it on the (all-FLOSS) Fediverse. Such valuable insights. Regarding Fediverse… I think it has potential to become _“Social Media Reimagined”_, but it ‘suffers’ from the overly technical mindset - as you describe too - of its developers. Therefore at the SocialHub community I am advocating to adopt broader perspectives and attract people with different backgrounds and skillsets to the community. Among others in the [Fediverse Futures](https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/c/fediversity/fediverse-futures/58) category. The decentralized nature of the Fediverse and the way it allows a [wide range of applications](https://git.feneas.org/feneas/fediverse/-/wikis/watchlist-for-activitypub-apps) to be seamlessly integrated (in theory) poses very intriguing UX challenges. I don’t know what your plans are re:FLOSS involvement, but might be interested to keep an eye on innovations in the field and get involved 🙂 PS. I’d also like to point at some recent discussions in our community that go well beyond UX, but are ultimately related: [What makes a humane technologist?](https://community.humanetech.com/t/what-makes-a-humane-technologist/5174), [Values-based social design](https://community.humanetech.com/t/mistakes-ive-made-in-humane-tech/5173) and some [Humane Design resources](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/humane-design-resources/2324) I posted earlier. **Update** : I [tooted the Fediverse here](https://mastodon.social/web/statuses/105830430225003013) and [posted to HTC here](https://community.humanetech.com/t/floss-ux-a-study-of-design-in-floss-projects/5175). ---

**Author:** ![dani763f](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/dani763f/32/2247_2.png) [@dani763f](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/dani763f)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 11:19am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/flossux-a-project-about-stronger-ux-in-floss-projects/2387/7 "2021-03-04T11:19:00Z")

Hi @aschrijver **Thank you** for the kind words! Yeah, Just the Docs is super awesome! Will definitely consider a PR (when my writing is done, and i have removed some of the rough edges on FLOSS-UX), and thank you so much for the mentions it means a lot. I really want to maintain this project, also after finishing my thesis as many of the studies so far regarding UX/FLOSS are, just that, limited to the format of the traditional academic HCI study (which my findings suggest never reach developers). I haven’t even heard about Fediverse and that is a very interesting challenge with regards to UX! After the thesis that looks like a super cool place to be for upcoming innovation and possibilities with UX involvement, so thank you so much once again!