On Wed, 2002-06-12 at 22:03, Michael Toomim wrote: > nick wrote: > > Exactly. I mean, I'm happy to let others use my software, but ultimately > > I write it because I want a tool to do a particular thing. If people > > want useability features etc.. then really someone's going to have to > > pay for it. I don't see how anyone could have the time it takes to > > polish a piece of software with no compensation. > > Just to throw in my 2 cents, I don't think that this is universally > true. I think that there are people out there who enjoy polishing > applications more than writing internal code... people who would rather > be artistic interaction designers than slave away at nuts and bolts... > people who really want their programs to be popular. > > The problem seems to be either... > > A) That there aren't enough of these people to go around. > > B) That these people aren't in touch with the people who want to > write code, or just have a hard time coordinating with them. > > or C) That these people aren't very deeply involved with the linux / > free software circles... maybe because being a good designer doesn't > necessarily make one a good geek. > > So maybe the problem is that you need people who are both good designers > AND good geeks, because without the geekdom they won't be hanging out on > this mailing list? > > Michael
All true, I do actually enjoy polishing my app(s?), and i definitely *do* want it to be popular, but it means that ive had no time to work on the actual audio code, which is where the interesting stuff is. I really appreciate nice interfaces, and would love to see my synth have one of those, but the truth is i find it hard to come up with anything i can be proud of. I suspect, however, as you have alluded to - that there arent many graphic artists hanging around on this mailing list... Nick _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
