At Akademy 2026, UX veteran Scott Jenson called on open-source projects to move beyond the traditional WIMP desktop model and invest more in user experience design. Having worked at companies like Google and Apple, Jenson now applies his expertise to open-source projects like Mastodon and Home Assistant, arguing that the open-source desktop needs a significant UX uplift.
Background
Akademy is KDE's annual developer conference, bringing together contributors and developers working on the KDE desktop environment and related open-source projects. The open-source desktop has long been criticized for lagging behind proprietary operating systems in terms of user experience and design polish.
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- Lobsters
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026 at 03:49 AM
- Score
- 5.0 / 10