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The [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org/article.php3?id_article=2 characteristics] that make a physical tool "convivial" can also be sought after in the design of software. This means designing software to make it easy for the average user to penetrate as deeply as they desire into the program, in order to understand how it works, and to modify or configure it without disastrous consequences. Such a design implies use of convivial principles such as reparability, simplicity, robustness, open access and modularity. | The [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org/article.php3?id_article=2 characteristics] that make a physical tool "convivial" can also be sought after in the design of software. This means designing software to make it easy for the average user to penetrate as deeply as they desire into the program, in order to understand how it works, and to modify or configure it without disastrous consequences. Such a design implies use of convivial principles such as reparability, simplicity, robustness, open access and modularity. | ||
| − | The "convivial software program" would be the opposite of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_box black box]. Thus [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software open source software] is by nature far more convivial than closed source programs. Linux is by nature more convivial than Windows, even though it lags behind in usability. And for all the beauty and usability of Apple products, they are "black boxes" from the point of view of both software and hardware (it could be noted in passing that the traditional [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_compatible IBM-compatible PC], based on open standards, ranks high in "conviviality"). | + | The "convivial software program" would be the opposite of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_box black box]. Thus [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software open source software] is by nature far more convivial than closed source programs. Linux is by nature more convivial than Windows, even though it still lags behind in usability. And for all the beauty and usability of Apple products, they are "black boxes" from the point of view of both software and hardware (it could be noted in passing that the traditional [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_compatible IBM-compatible PC], based on open standards, ranks high in "conviviality"). |
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