Timeline for Should tool-related questions be on-topic?
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| Jan 31, 2013 at 19:42 | comment | added | Charles Wesley | The problem is you need a critical mass of people able to answer the question. The UX community is so small, you are in a catch 22 when it comes to this subject. If you go to superuser nobody there will be able to answer your question (try searching on Axure). If you come to UX where people have the ability to answer the question but choose not to, the current state is that you are left to google or vendor boards. | |
| Jan 30, 2013 at 18:23 | comment | added | DA01 | Another thought (sorry, just dumping random thoughts here...) software is often context-centric. For instance, UX people asking about Photoshop may have very different software questions than Graphic Designers asking about Photoshop. | |
| Jan 30, 2013 at 18:21 | comment | added | DA01 | Maybe as an example, UX and GD both have huge overlap (and, at times, both can overlap with SO), yet we've decided they are unique enough areas of expertise that they can have their own homes. But for software, we've dumped everything into one giant catch-all site. Again, not a BAD thing, just not as ideal. | |
| Jan 30, 2013 at 18:20 | comment | added | DA01 | That's a much different concept than product or genre-centric software. There's nothing wrong with it, but not nearly as useful as a focused forum on a set of particular applications, IMHO. | |
| Jan 30, 2013 at 17:13 | comment | added | JonW Mod | There already is a StackExchange site where questions about individual applications can be asked - superuser.com | |
| Jan 30, 2013 at 13:50 | history | answered | DA01 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |