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What I find worse than the UI is that this has resulted in people harrassing the developer. Quote from the wGetGUI page at http://www.jensroesner.de/wgetgui/ h
by rekado 10y ago
What I find worse than the UI is that this has resulted in people harrassing the developer.
Quote from the wGetGUI page at http://www.jensroesner.de/wgetgui/ http://www.jensroesner.de/wgetgui/
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For the Haters
At the end of 2006, one GUI expert used wGetGUI as an example for a bad GUI. Of course I felt honoured. Not. I think it was kinda suboptimal to do this without telling me, without giving me a chance to improve the GUI and without #whoa here's a thought# helping me. Well, he posted the GUI without saying which it is, but that was soon found out and I got some love mail. Not. The amount of bashing wGetGUI and me have received is a testament to the state of the internet "culture". There certainly were a few people who either liked the GUI or gave constructive criticism. But the rest was insultive bashing in mob mentality. And all this about a piece of free software that I have spent my time on - to bring it beyond what I need.
To those who have supported me: Thanks, I really appreciate it. For the haters: Hate yourself, don't spread the hate.
I like to hear what non-haters think of wGetGUI, so send in comments, wishes, critique.
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- mannykannot 10y agoAgreed. This is probably not the best place to discuss it, but I suspect the phenomenon of people latching on to a criticism by one person, and often ratcheting up the malice, is driven by individuals who are not socially adept attempting to compensate for their inadequacies, at least in their own minds, by putting someone else down - the social equivalent of picking a fight with an individual who has just taken a beating. It is an unfortunate human trait that is easily exploitable by demagogues.
- smoothdeveloper 10y agoMoreover, the article doesn't even propose a "good GUI". The GUI seems to basically expose all the command line arguments in a simple UI, which is great for a developer tool, it would be nice to also see the corresponding command line generated by the tool. "This Is What Happens When You Let Developers Write Blog With Clickbait Titles"
- robin_reala 10y agoNow I feel guilty! Thanks for the link, it’s easy to laugh and much harder to create.