We are proud to announce the Season of Usability 2008, a series of projects for students of usability, user interface design, interaction design and related.

We accept 10 students for design tasks, user research and UI analysis. The openings represent a wide range of applications, such as instant messaging, office suites, web applications and the One Laptop Per Child desktop.

Full list: Season of Usability - Project Openings 2008

Students of usability, user interface design, interaction design or related are encouraged to apply until April, 14.

Project work will start in May. During a three-month cooperation, you will closely work together with experienced professionals and get insights in to their way of work. An involvement of 15 hours per week is expected.

Depending on your location, you will be invited to a meeting with the development and usability team. Otherwise the collaboration will take place via the established channels of OSS development - email, IRC, VoIP, and etc.

Students receive a stipend of $1000USD, kindly sponsored by Google Inc., the Open Society Institute and Trolltech ASA.

Project Opening 1: Redesigning DrProject’s Administration Interface
Project Opening 2: Redesigning Gallery’s Image Upload Tools
Project Opening 3: Human Interface Guidelines and Design Patterns for KDE4
Project Opening 4: Toolbox and Palette Interaction for KOffice
Project Opening 5: 3d Widgets for MakeHuman
Project Opening 6: Handheld-Mode Interface for the OLPC XO Laptops
Project Opening 7: Improving HDR imaging with Qtpfsgui
Project Opening 8: Instant Messaging and VoIP with SIP Communicator
Project Opening 9: Supporting TV Viewers with TV-Browser

Update March 31: Unfortunately, the Pidgin student project was called back. As an alternative, the usability mentor now offers HDR imaging with Qtpfsgui. We are sorry for the inconvenience and encourage you to apply for this or one of the alternative projects!