Have a look at KDE , it is a super welcoming community.
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This. KDE community seems to be very friendly and Plasma could really need a little polishing. Especially the default Breeze theme.
I think that one of the projects that needs it the most right now, a complete overhaul, is FreeCAD.
It needs a good, competent UX designer. Nothing has changed UX wise for like 6 years. Everyone who begins to use it quits saying that it is the biggest hurdle.
It is literally the only real classical FOSS CAD software and they have no UX designer as far as I know.
@JustEnoughDucks thanks for pointing that project out, my husband is a heavy CAD user so he could help test it too. I'll look into it, see how I could help.
You have my vote for freecad
Everyone who begins to use it quits saying that it is the biggest hurdle.
It's really not. The main problem with FreeCAD is the topological naming problem (available in a fork) and the lack of assembly support in the core (available as add on). Those make it a pain to build anything more complex and they make refactoring a nightmare. Following that you also have the problem that the geometry code is not very capable and the software will just refuse to perform some actions that would results in multiple bodies.
That's not to say that the GUI isn't in need of polish. Back in 0.19 it had obvious issues like conflicting keyboard shortcuts between modes and without a tutorial you might have a very hard time finding the window that even allows you to build stuff. So there is plenty of room for improvement, but one shouldn't be under the illusion that there is some professional CAD solution hiding under a bad UI. It's would still be a very basic CAD tool even with a highly polished UI.
But as they say, every journey starts with a first step. It's certainly a project that has plenty of UI issues and could benefit from improvements.
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There's a nice little project called Lemmy, have you heard about it?
I'm also a UI/UX designer who'd love to help out! 🥸
These are really Linux, but these Android projects need some UX assistance if you're at all familiar with Material Design.
https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key
https://github.com/dessalines/jerboa
I’m pretty familiar with Material. Wondering how (specifically) I can help. I’ve used and followed some open source projects but I’ve never contributed.
This advice is pretty universal. First things first, install the app and get familiar with. Then write down all the ways you believe that the app could improve. Then break the list down further to figure out what are the goals and how they're obtainable. Check those new list items against the Material You guidelines. After that, your list should be smaller, items that can be grouped together, should be. Figure out if you need to make a mockup to help illustrate your advice. And then create issues on the project GitHub, the more the better. Afterwards, shoot the developer a private message or email and explain that you're a UX designer and you're hoping that you can contribute in a meaningful ongoing manner.
Solid advice, thanks. I think I’d best be able to help out on react (maybe native) or web apps, or the iOS space since I don’t have a daily driver android device (but if I did I’d jerboa looks fun) but I can help with UX on any platform
There's a few lemmy open source iOS clients, I suggest finding the one you like the most. There's some listed here, just scroll down to the iOS section: https://lemdro.id/post/4319
This is a great project as well that could use some guidance on UI https://github.com/nightscout/AndroidAPS
ah perfect, and yes material design was the foundation of my education as a designer! thanks for sharing
Glad I could help.
Same. We should form a collective lol. (I have some dev experience also)
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The biggest problem you will run into isn't your skills but the willingness of the people who run various projects to even entertain or accept your ideas or input at all, regardless of your credentials or anything else. You could have the best, most logical UI design for an app and they often won't even entertain the thought of it what-so-ever. This goes double if you lack the ability to actually code it yourself using whatever frameworks and things the project itself uses.
I've worked extensively with various open source projects over the last 30 or so years and that's always the biggest barrier of them all.
I think hard data can help with convincing, doing various UX studies and A/B tests.
@fernandolins @thelinuxEXP @linux @macrumors @windowscentral @windows please lend a hand to https://yarn.social. This is their flagship instance: https://twtxt.net/. Their main developer is legally blind, and truly could use help with UI/UX.
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Owncast, the foss twitch alternative, is an incredible project and they've been looking for design help for quite some time... https://owncast.online/
This is a cool project!
This is a very cool project! Appreciate you bringing this to my attention.
@jackpot Thank you very much for the list, I'll investigate them
first one here literally just came out, second one seems okay and is very popular, third desperately needs it, fourth is ancient
Come help BOINC. BOINC is a software used by scientific researchers to distribute large computational workloads to the computers of volunteers. It is used by projects researching cancer drugs and mapping the galaxy just to name a few things. It works well and has been around over a decade, but is rough around the edges. Your work could have a HUGE impact. The main client and server are in C++, there is also an Android client written in whatever Android apps are written in. There are even some bug bounties which you could get paid for if you fix.
If you have any questions, drop by the discord. Thanks!
@makeasnek That sounds really interesting, I'll read up on it. I don't know any C, C++ or Java/Flutter/Android stuff, all I can help with is providing mockups, high fidelity specs and prototypes for the screens. I am working on learning how to use more dev tools.
Gotcha. I don't think they have the dev time right now to implement what might come from mockups, even through a new UX has been on the list of needs for a while now. As much as it would be cool to have a new UX vision to rally around, I just don't think much could be done with it. I would want your time you're volunteering to go somewhere useful of course :).
If you are interested in learning C++ though, there's a number of low hanging fruit issues that might be good things to tackle once you get past the hello world stage.
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The programming language Go has only few UI building options. One of the few that does not rely on a browser running underneath is fyne. I like its programming model a lot, but as you likely see in the example screenshots: something is off. I can't put my finger on it. I assume it's a mix of different subtle visual cues, spacing, etc.
So if you are willing to work on a UI framework (with bonus points if you are interested in doing a bit of Go programming), I think contributions to fyne would be very cool (so far the maintainer(s) were open to suggestions and input, so I also assume designer input is welcome :-)).
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Take a loot at https://opensourcedesign.net It's made for people like you
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Improve the home page of Lemmy... I think the buttons on top take too much screen space
You could help us at Organic Maps. We are in need of UI designers. Contact me or biodranik on Matrix if you are interested: @g_mate8:matrix.org and @biodranik:matrix.org
Organic Maps is so nice, thank you for all your hard work 🥰.
There are already a lot of great suggestions posted already. I thought I would toss in https://mauikit.org/ which is working in making a convergent UI for desktop and apps.
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If you are looking for something impactful , libretexts (A platform for open source text books) , and alovoa (website for dating and meeting friends) seems good
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