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> Also, if I’m not wrong, it’s only available as a CLI tool which makes it pretty useless for 95 percent of Windows users and for developers to distribute softw

> Also, if I’m not wrong, it’s only available as a CLI tool which makes it pretty useless for 95 percent of Windows users and for developers to distribute software with it. Back in my day this would be seen as an exercise left for the user, and thus a new junior dev was born building a front end.

consumer451 1y ago
These comments led me to searching winget gui. UniGetUI looks really cool. https://github.com/marticliment/UniGetUI https://github.com/marticliment/UniGetUI - 16.2k stars
- WorldMaker 1y ago
  I've also been quickly impressed this week with the winget UI now provided inside Command Palette, the new PowerToy "Sherlock/Spotlight" search tool.
- dabockster 1y ago
  It is cool and I use it regularly. But keep in mind that it’s yet another one person OSS project and can bite the dust *at any time*. If you have the ability to financially support them or contribute code somehow, do it.
  - consumer451 1y ago
    Total tangent, but I just snooped into your bio. Could you please list a few of the design blogs that you mention there?
    - dabockster 1y ago
      Hahaha I wrote that literally 1/2 a decade ago now! I was referring to stuff like Dribbble, Deviantart, and others before they required account signups everywhere. Devs aren’t usually the best UX people and end up making great code but with menus and radio buttons everywhere, and UX people aren’t necessarily devs. And, at the time, I noticed there was a disconnect. So I figured I’d encourage people more to meet in the middle. But, again, that was only a few months before the Covid lockdowns. I think the advice still rings true, but with all the tech layoffs happening I think our field is becoming really lost overall lately. We seem to have based way too much of our self identities on our day jobs, and obviously lost those identities when people got laid off or fired. (And I should really update that bio for 2025 now that I’m back more regularly.)

consumer451 1y ago

These comments led me to searching winget gui. UniGetUI looks really cool. https://github.com/marticliment/UniGetUI https://github.com/marticliment/UniGetUI - 16.2k stars

WorldMaker 1y ago
I've also been quickly impressed this week with the winget UI now provided inside Command Palette, the new PowerToy "Sherlock/Spotlight" search tool.
dabockster 1y ago
It is cool and I use it regularly. But keep in mind that it’s yet another one person OSS project and can bite the dust *at any time*. If you have the ability to financially support them or contribute code somehow, do it.
- consumer451 1y ago
  Total tangent, but I just snooped into your bio. Could you please list a few of the design blogs that you mention there?
  - dabockster 1y ago
    Hahaha I wrote that literally 1/2 a decade ago now! I was referring to stuff like Dribbble, Deviantart, and others before they required account signups everywhere. Devs aren’t usually the best UX people and end up making great code but with menus and radio buttons everywhere, and UX people aren’t necessarily devs. And, at the time, I noticed there was a disconnect. So I figured I’d encourage people more to meet in the middle. But, again, that was only a few months before the Covid lockdowns. I think the advice still rings true, but with all the tech layoffs happening I think our field is becoming really lost overall lately. We seem to have based way too much of our self identities on our day jobs, and obviously lost those identities when people got laid off or fired. (And I should really update that bio for 2025 now that I’m back more regularly.)