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MacOS and specially Windows has their fair share of great and useful software with questionable UI/UX, this is far from a problem affecting only Linux. Take a

by amlib 1y ago

MacOS and specially Windows has their fair share of great and useful software with questionable UI/UX, this is far from a problem affecting only Linux. Take a look at modern KDE and specially GNOME software, they are pretty well made regarding UI/UX best practices and GNOME even has a great HIG that they follow strictly on their stuff, you can't even say that regarding Microsoft own software anymore.

bb88 1y ago
Gnome is not bad, but GTK has been historically a pain point for development.
XorNot 1y ago
I just people to do menu bars on desktop again. Add the Jetbrains search anywhere function if you really just innovate. No more Hamburger menus.
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Gormo 1y ago
> MacOS and specially Windows has their fair share of great and useful software with questionable UI/UX, this is far from a problem affecting only Linux. In fact, Linux generally offers many more affordances for adjusting the appearance of the UI, especially in comparison to Windows and Mac. If you don't like way your system looks, you can change your UI theme settings, where corresponding options on the proprietary OSes are much more limited.
- SirMaster 1y ago
  But most people don't want to have to adjust things, they just want it to be good out of the box. My friends keep telling me android is better because it offers so much more customization, and I keep telling them I don't want to customize, I just want it to be nice by default, and to me iOS is, so that is a selling point for me.
  - GTP 1y ago
    These options just serve different needs. It's not that one way is right and the other is wrong, it depends on one own's preferences. I'm in the Android and Linux camp in part for the reason your friend says (but there's more), however I believe that everyone should just use what they like best. I would still suggest someone that never used a Linux distro to give it a try, but I don't go further than this.
  - Gormo 1y ago
    > But most people don't want to have to adjust things, they just want it to be good out of the box. That's why software development and distribution are two different concepts in the Linux world. The core software is fully customizable, but people who want preconfigured out-of-the-box experiences can choose a distro that is largely defined by its configuration choices.
throw123xz 1y ago
Yes, it's not a problem exclusive to Linux or open source, but it's more common on Linux than it is, say, on MacOS.

by amlib 1y ago

bb88 1y ago

Gnome is not bad, but GTK has been historically a pain point for development.

XorNot 1y ago

I just people to do menu bars on desktop again. Add the Jetbrains search anywhere function if you really just innovate. No more Hamburger menus.

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Gormo 1y ago

> MacOS and specially Windows has their fair share of great and useful software with questionable UI/UX, this is far from a problem affecting only Linux. In fact, Linux generally offers many more affordances for adjusting the appearance of the UI, especially in comparison to Windows and Mac. If you don't like way your system looks, you can change your UI theme settings, where corresponding options on the proprietary OSes are much more limited.

SirMaster 1y ago
But most people don't want to have to adjust things, they just want it to be good out of the box. My friends keep telling me android is better because it offers so much more customization, and I keep telling them I don't want to customize, I just want it to be nice by default, and to me iOS is, so that is a selling point for me.
- GTP 1y ago
  These options just serve different needs. It's not that one way is right and the other is wrong, it depends on one own's preferences. I'm in the Android and Linux camp in part for the reason your friend says (but there's more), however I believe that everyone should just use what they like best. I would still suggest someone that never used a Linux distro to give it a try, but I don't go further than this.
- Gormo 1y ago
  > But most people don't want to have to adjust things, they just want it to be good out of the box. That's why software development and distribution are two different concepts in the Linux world. The core software is fully customizable, but people who want preconfigured out-of-the-box experiences can choose a distro that is largely defined by its configuration choices.

throw123xz 1y ago

Yes, it's not a problem exclusive to Linux or open source, but it's more common on Linux than it is, say, on MacOS.