[TYPO3-hci] Open Source usability sucks?

[Erik Svendsen]

Hello Elmar,

> Erik Svendsen wrote:
> 
>> If you are talking about everyday applications, I would say mostly
>> the usability is better in commersial applications. But the gap has
>> decreased a lot since 2002. I think very few are considering Firefox
>> having lesser usability than IE. And also the latest Linux distros
>> are catching up with XP and Mac in usability.
>> 
> Hi Erik,
> 
> you are right that the gap has decreased. Firefox, Ubuntu, Openoffice
> are examples for this. What have this projects in common? There are
> big private companies behind, that are interested in the success of
> the software:
> 
> Firefox => Google
> Openoffice => Sun
> Ubuntu => Canonical Ltd.
> There are common startegies behind all of this projects, that require
> some investments done by this companies:
> 
> 1.) continuous integrated professional design
> 2.) start out of the box
> 3.) default configuration optimized and limited for the everyday user
> 4.) additional techical features as separte addons (plugins,
> components,
> packages)
> From this 4 points TYPO3 respects point 4. the TER. Point 4 is enough
> to make TYPO3 successfull in the scandinavian and german market. But
> what about USA, Asia, ....

We can also learn another thing, the importance of a supporting organization 
when you are growing. You need to use resources on supporting development 
teams, community building and so on. 

> Compare Drupal and Joomla. What can we learn from this?

Remember, Joomla had also a commersial organisation behind until the splitt 
amongst the developers.

> Regards
> 
> Elmar
> 

WBR,
Erik Svendsen
www.linnearad.no