Recommended Open Source Project, UI Development

Question

I would like to continue to hone my technical (programming/design/etc) skills while contributing back to the community. I have done quite a bit of work in UI development and feel most comfortable there (I have written a library that is used internally at my company that provides a solid UI with advanced features available out of the box). Because I feel comfortable here, I would like to use my skills in this area to begin work on an open source project.

What recommendations would the SO community have for a good place to start? As this would be my first OSS project, something that is relatively easy to get into would be great (although I'm not adverse to a challenge). Of course, the project should be able to benefit from a UI developer.

Languages I have/can work in: Java, C#, VB (ugh...please no), C++ (my skills are weakest here)

Thanks

Answer 1

If you're looking for a project that needs your help, it's MonoDevelop for Mac. So much potential, so many bugs :(

Answer 2

The Windows GUI front-end to the Free Software compression library zlib is a project named Wiz. It has not been updated in several years (the latest OS it claims to support is Windows NT), and desperately needs a facelift, if not an entire rewrite. As a result, it really isn't competitive with commercial alternatives like WinZip.

If you can get yourself access to zlib through C# I'd think that would be just about a perfect project for someone like you.

Answer 3

Personally I would like to see VirtualDub UI improved.