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He's talking about good UI and you're talking about bad UI.
by lagrange77 4y ago
He's talking about good UI and you're talking about bad UI.
- heyoni 4y agoIt’s almost impossible to make good UI without dumbing things way down. Either that or I’m lacking imagination.
- Maelcum 4y agoJust look at the Date format field in the Preferences screenshot. It's really hard to not find a more user-friendly way to do it, IMHO. UI and UX matters more than developers care to admit.
- cuu508 4y agoOk, I'll bite- What would be a functionally equivalent, but more user-friendly way to do it? (And preferably not 10x harder to implement)
- lagrange77 4y agoFor example an additional drop-down menu with common date string formats, where the first entry is the OS default for the given locale. Additionally one could add a text label, which displays an example date formatted by the currently selected choice.
- Maelcum 4y agoSee? It's really not that hard, you just need to switch the perspective for a minute: what would I prefer if I were a user? Hiding the complexity from the user is one step forward to a better UI.
- mpol 4y agoThere was only mention of a facelift, which can be good or bad. And lots of facelifts nowadays are quite bad, so I understand the concern.
- iforgotpassword 4y agoso, he is suggesting not to change anything about claws? :-)
- layer8 4y agoI haven’t seen any modern UI for desktop apps which wasn’t bad in the sense the parent meant: too little affordances, not following long-established OS conventions, not using the native controls and look&feel, not being keyboard-navigable, etc.
- quantum_magpie 4y agoThe main reason I've used claws for the last 12 years is because it looks elegant, clear, clean, simple, and most important: consistent. It doesn't need a facelift or an overhaul! In fact, as soon as that happens I (and I suspect, majority of users) will leave it forever.