Gqrx is an open source software defined radio receiver (SDR) powered by the GNU Radio and the Qt graphical toolkit. Right now it is available as an AppImage, as a Mac OS dmg, and as sourcecode. It’d be nice to have it available in other package formats. What is this poll about? This survey is […]
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Nextcloud/Owncloud Music app next feature research (results)
This post will be used to document the results from this research. The poll closed over the weekend so it’ll take a little time to publish them.
Amazon “purchase MP3 album” dark pattern?
This morning I was listening to some Divine Comedy while I was working. I realised I didn’t have the album in full, so I thought I’d buy it online in MP3 format.Purely due to muscle memory I always go to Amazon. I really should get better a buying music from other places. So I searched […]
How do GRC users create a new flowgraph?
During the approaching GNU Radio streaming weekend, we’ll be doing some UX Design work. The design challenge we’re going to tackle is the process for users to create a new GRC flowgraph. I’ve created this short survey to get a better understanding of how GRC users currently create a new flowgraph, and the run it.
What languages do Cloudron users speak?
The objective of this quick survey is to get some understanding of what languages are spoken by Cloudron users. You can find out more about translation work in this forum link. The data gathered will be shared on the Cloudron forum. View Survey NB: This survey has been created by Bernard Tyers, a Cloudron user. […]
Making a Python virtual environment on OS X
OS: Mac OS X Catalina 10.5.6Python version: 3.9 (most up-to-date at this time and installed like this) Package to install: guinness (Good things come to those who wait) This is a reminder to myself on how to do create a virtenv.
Installing Python on Mac OS X Catalina
(This is a reminder to myself, and maybe a help for someone else who might be in the same situation as me. The purpose was to be able to lint documentation I’m trying to update for the pip project work.) This applies to installing “the latest” Python on Mac OS X 10.15.6. I’ve used this […]
Creating rapid CLI prototypes with cli-output
I’m working on the usability of pip (the official Python package manager) at the moment. This short blogpost isn’t about how to design CLIs. It is about creating rapid prototypes with this tool – part “look at this useful tool, part “thank you Pradyun” part feature request list. 🙂 Update After putting together the feature […]
A Python community announcement about our pip work
Sumana Harihareswara the pip PM put together a video for the Python community to tell them about our UX work on pip, the package manager. Initially I was thinking “I hate seeing my face on video, I hate hearing my voice. This better not have ukelele music. I hate those kinds of videos.” I liked […]
How should pip handle dependency conflicts when updating already installed packages?
The pip UX Team is looking for your input into future pip behaviour! What is this research about? This research is to understand what behaviour users expect from pip where upgrading a package would introduce dependency conflict(s) to already installed packages. I want to give my input! Great! Nicole has put together a 1 question […]