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My personal theory about why this isn't fixed is that in open-source software, if you halfass a UI implementation one time it keeps that halfass implementation
by CarVac 6y ago
My personal theory about why this isn't fixed is that in open-source software, if you halfass a UI implementation one time it keeps that halfass implementation more or less eternally because it's "good enough" for the person who learns to work around it.
For my photo editor Filmulator I resolved to not add features that haven't had the UI fully thought through. For a while it meant it was definitely subpar capability-wise, but now that it's approaching feature completeness it means that it's actually intuitive and streamlined to use.
- allenu 6y agoI agree with your theory. For instance, I’ve tried Anki and found it incredibly confusing to use. However, a lot of folks online comment on how it just works for them and how they can’t see how you’d improve upon it. I’m convinced that if you work with something enough and absolutely need to work with it, you find workarounds and eventually forget that you’re using workarounds. I use Inkscape regularly and have issues with its UI. If I click and drag an object fast enough, often the object beneath the one I want is selected and dragged. It’s absolutely frustrating but I eventually learned to click, pause briefly, then drag to get around it. I’ve invested too much time learning the tool to move onto something else at this point.