<div dir="ltr"> <p style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <font color="#222222"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">Dear Developers,</font></font></font></p><p style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <font color="#222222"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span lang="en-US">my name is Antonino Provenzano </span><font color="#000000"><span lang="en-US">and I am student of Media & Computer Science. This semester I am writing a paper. I would like to </span></font><font color="#000000"><span lang="en-US">interview</span></font><font color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><b> </b></span></font><font color="#000000"><span lang="en-US">several Developers as well as a survey and document developers' opinions about usability. In other words, I am interested in your experiences</span></font></font></font></font></p><p style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><font color="#222222"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><br></span></font></font></font></font></p><p style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal"> <font color="#222222"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><b>Objective:</b></font></font></font></p><p style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <font color="#222222"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">I want to unterstand how an open source project like LibreOffice is organized. My main interest is on the communication between designer and developer. I want to figure out how the cooperation between these both positions works. Furthermore, I would like to know your opinion about the relationship between usability and Open Source.</font></font></font></p><p style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><font color="#222222"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><br></font></font></font></p><p style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal"> <font color="#222222"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><b>Why I do this:</b></font></font></font></p><p style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <font color="#222222"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">I love the idea of Open Source. I am involved in the Unix Group at the University of Kaiserslautern in Zweibrücken and in my spare time, I am working a lot with Open Source software.<br></font></font></font><br> </p><p style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal"> <font color="#222222"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><b>How long does the survey take?</b></font></font></font></p><p style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <font color="#222222"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">5 - 10 Minutes</font></font></font></p><p style=""><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#222222"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">Link: </span></span></span></font></font></font></span><a href="http://goo.gl/forms/p3n4uP6brSTD3cKz2"><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#1155cc"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://goo.gl/forms/p3n4uP6brSTD3cKz2</span></span></span></font></font></font></span></a></p><p style=""><br> </p><p style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal"> <font color="#222222"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><b>The Interview:</b></font></font></font></p><p style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <font color="#222222"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">If you are interested in an interview, because you want to tell me more about your opinion, <font color="#000000">feel free to write a private email to me.</font></font></font></font></p><p style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><font color="#222222"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"><br></font></font></font></font></p><p lang="en-US" style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal"> <font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><b>How long does the interview take?</b></font></font></font></p><p lang="en-US" style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">15 – 20 minutes</font></font></font></p><p lang="en-US" style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><br></font></font></font></p><p style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal"> <font color="#222222"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><b>The questions are:</b></font></font></font></p><p lang="en-US" style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <font color="#222222"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">- What is your motivation for working on LibreOffice?</font></font></font></p><p lang="en-US" style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">- How many hours per week do you work on LibreOffice?</font></font></font></p><p lang="en-US" style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">- Did you work on other Open Source projects before?</font></font></font></p><p lang="en-US" style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <font color="#222222"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">- Why do you choose LibreOffice and not another Open Source project?</font></font></font></p><p lang="en-US" style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">- Are there any differences between LibreOffice and other project(s)?</font></font></font></p><p lang="en-US" style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">- Do you see Usability experts as a fully-fledged and accepted Member in the Software development?</font></font></font></p><p lang="en-US" style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">- Are you driven by the motivation to fix or improve program code because of usability problems experienced personally, discovered in tests or are you not interested in such challenges?</font></font></font></p><p style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">- Do you always consider usability, when do you make software development decision?</font></font></font></p><p style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">- How would you describe your current knowledge about usability?</font></font></font></p><p lang="en-US" style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <font color="#222222"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">- Which recommendations can you give to a person who is starting to work in the LibreOffice project as a developer?</font></font></font></p><p style="font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> <font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span lang="en-US">- If you had one wish to improve LibreOffice, what would it be?</span></font></font></font></p><p style=""><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"> <font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><br>Thank you for your patience.</span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif, serif"><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#222222"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><br><br><br></span></span></span></font></span><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">Kind regards</span></span></span></font></span><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#222222"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><br></span></span></span></font></span><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">Antonino Provenzano</span></span></span></font></span></font></font></p><p> </p><p><br> <br> </p></div>