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Looking at the examples given, it seems like Darktable becomes more and more unusable due to a lack of good defaults and easy configurability. I agree with the
by v1ne 3y ago
Looking at the examples given, it seems like Darktable becomes more and more unusable due to a lack of good defaults and easy configurability. I agree with the author that opinion and good defaults help to keep software simple. Yet, I also value having a way to opt out of this and customize it. Take Visual Studio, for example: There are multiple sets of decent keyboard shortcuts and a sensible default layout, plus a menu option to restore it. As a user, you're still free to create your own task-specific layouts.
When I worked at a big music software company, I also valued the strong opinions that kept the UI simple. Because the software was already so packed with functionality that it would overwhelm users easily if it would be exposed too openly.
- Derbasti 3y ago> it seems like Darktable becomes more and more unusable due to a lack of good defaults and easy configurability. The funny thing is, in my personal experience, Darktable defaults and configurability have actually markedly improved in the last few years. Usability even more so. Frankly the worst instance of bad defaults and parameters were in the author's own filmic module, which were truly terrible in the beginning. They improved after a few years/versions, but it's still quite the hypocrisy to then complain about this very fact in the rest of the software.
- radiowave 3y agoI know what you mean about the filmic module, and while I'm inclined to think that it doesn't necessarily invalidate his criticisms of Darktable, it does make me wonder whether he's the right person to fix these things.