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Agree! Furthermore the reason we have such bloated and garbage software is a combination of this kind of feature creep and a complete lack of modularity. Want
by barnabee 5y ago
Agree! Furthermore the reason we have such bloated and garbage software is a combination of this kind of feature creep and a complete lack of modularity.
Want pause functionality: write a small utility to provide an easy way to start and kill any program.
Want notifications: write a program to monitor any file and provide notifications when something it added to it.
Searching: grep or a GUI equivalent
Syncing: rsync/syncthing/Dropbox…
Someone will complain most people can’t use these tools. Firstly that wasn’t the initial question, and secondly that’s something I’d love to see tackled in a GUI tool. I don’t think it’s impossible, just misaligned with the incentives of people who make and overcharge for proprietary software.