Have you ever wondered why many devices that we use daily are so difficult to use? Why has no one designed a universal adapter for all the tools and equipment that use rechargeable batteries? If you’re anything like me, you could likely fill drawers with all the different adapters you have acquired for cellphones, computers and peripherals, BluetoothTM accessories, portable music players, cordl...

IN THIS ISSUE, we report on papers from the 39th International Conference on Software Engineering and its collocated events. These papers focus on human factors in software engineering, with the last three dealing with open source software. Feedback and suggestions are welcome. In addition, if you try or adopt any of the practices mentioned in the column, please send Jeffrey Carver and the pape...