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I feel really sorry for the developers. If I click on that issue, I get the impression that these don't seem to be moderated in any way, and the result is exten

by bartvk 4y ago

I feel really sorry for the developers. If I click on that issue, I get the impression that these don't seem to be moderated in any way, and the result is extensive bikeshedding. The article itself is great though. I use qBittorrent and I run it in dark mode. I'm going to skip this version for now.

Arnavion 4y ago
The article doesn't mention how the new toolbar icons are also eyecancer, at least in dark mode. I had to switch to Text only buttons to avoid burning my eyes out from the bright red Remove icon on the dark gray background. So yeah, another reason for you to skip this version.
sph 4y ago
There is bikeshedding and there is developers with no concept of design redesigning UIs. qBittorrent was already quite ugly, but this is just awful: https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/18078#issuecomment-1329331777 https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/18078#issu... — why that bright blue on top of white? If you really want to make it blue, at least retain a decent contrast. And let's not even start with those icons... The shapes could work, albeit they are quite unrefined, but the garish colours do not convey any information nor show any artistic consistency. (cue the "it's open-source, if you don't like it fork it, but dare not criticize us because it's rude" comment) I am fine with people not being good at design, but the worst designers are convinced they are decent enough. It's like that law that eludes me right now, that people bad at something often overestimate their abilities and are blind to their shortcomings.
- Rexogamer 4y ago
  Dunning-Kruger?
  - midoridensha 4y ago
    Close, but not quite. D-K is the law where someone who's really good at one thing (like writing software) thinks that this means they're super-smart and therefore must be an expert at everything else.
    - dankent 4y ago
      I'm afraid that is also not correct. Dunning-Kruger is defined as people with low ability in a domain overestimating their own ability in that domain – it does not require someone to be really good in another domain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
    - ilyt 4y ago
      I think you're at D-K peak about D-K
  - sph 4y ago
    That's the one.
- zinekeller 4y ago
  The irony is the fact that the previous theme is fine. The old design won't win any awards, but it does the job.
- dspillett 4y ago
  > (cue the "it's open-source, if you don't like it fork it, but dare not criticize us because it's rude" comment) “If you don't like it, fork it” (or a little less polite “if you don't like it, feel free to fork off”!) is perfectly valid IMO. The second part should just be “don't criticize rudely”.
- Semaphor 4y ago
  According to the issue, they tried to find one color that works for both light and dark mode. It ended up working for neither, but it was not random ;)
thrdbndndn 4y ago
From my experience lurking in that repo, I found the development of Qbittorrent chaotic, and it has been like that for years. They have no moderation in issues (hence 2.6k+ open issues); Commiting frequency is (relatively) low for such a complex program; And it also has lots of odd UX issues that has been solved on uTorrent at least 10 years ago. My pet peeve is that if you have "add .!qd to unfinished torrent files" option enabled, it somehow would prevent you to manually put completed files in and ask QB to re-check, a practice I often do to help seeding with files I already have (if you do so, it either totally ignore it when checking, or delete your completed file!) I can't really tell why (lack of contributors, or just bad management), so I won't point fingers. On the other hand, despite all the quirks and issues, the main functions work solid; and they seem to add/improve core features steadily. So I really have nothing to complain as a user. I just avoid updating to newest version in general.

by bartvk 4y ago

Arnavion 4y ago

The article doesn't mention how the new toolbar icons are also eyecancer, at least in dark mode. I had to switch to Text only buttons to avoid burning my eyes out from the bright red Remove icon on the dark gray background. So yeah, another reason for you to skip this version.

sph 4y ago

There is bikeshedding and there is developers with no concept of design redesigning UIs. qBittorrent was already quite ugly, but this is just awful: https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/18078#issuecomment-1329331777 https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/18078#issu... — why that bright blue on top of white? If you really want to make it blue, at least retain a decent contrast. And let's not even start with those icons... The shapes could work, albeit they are quite unrefined, but the garish colours do not convey any information nor show any artistic consistency. (cue the "it's open-source, if you don't like it fork it, but dare not criticize us because it's rude" comment) I am fine with people not being good at design, but the worst designers are convinced they are decent enough. It's like that law that eludes me right now, that people bad at something often overestimate their abilities and are blind to their shortcomings.

Rexogamer 4y ago
Dunning-Kruger?
- midoridensha 4y ago
  Close, but not quite. D-K is the law where someone who's really good at one thing (like writing software) thinks that this means they're super-smart and therefore must be an expert at everything else.
  - dankent 4y ago
    I'm afraid that is also not correct. Dunning-Kruger is defined as people with low ability in a domain overestimating their own ability in that domain – it does not require someone to be really good in another domain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
  - ilyt 4y ago
    I think you're at D-K peak about D-K
- sph 4y ago
  That's the one.
zinekeller 4y ago
The irony is the fact that the previous theme is fine. The old design won't win any awards, but it does the job.
dspillett 4y ago
> (cue the "it's open-source, if you don't like it fork it, but dare not criticize us because it's rude" comment) “If you don't like it, fork it” (or a little less polite “if you don't like it, feel free to fork off”!) is perfectly valid IMO. The second part should just be “don't criticize rudely”.
Semaphor 4y ago
According to the issue, they tried to find one color that works for both light and dark mode. It ended up working for neither, but it was not random ;)

thrdbndndn 4y ago

From my experience lurking in that repo, I found the development of Qbittorrent chaotic, and it has been like that for years. They have no moderation in issues (hence 2.6k+ open issues); Commiting frequency is (relatively) low for such a complex program; And it also has lots of odd UX issues that has been solved on uTorrent at least 10 years ago. My pet peeve is that if you have "add .!qd to unfinished torrent files" option enabled, it somehow would prevent you to manually put completed files in and ask QB to re-check, a practice I often do to help seeding with files I already have (if you do so, it either totally ignore it when checking, or delete your completed file!) I can't really tell why (lack of contributors, or just bad management), so I won't point fingers. On the other hand, despite all the quirks and issues, the main functions work solid; and they seem to add/improve core features steadily. So I really have nothing to complain as a user. I just avoid updating to newest version in general.