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I'm not a UI/UX designer but I feel like in general, Linux community need to put a LOT more focus into the GUI frameworks. What is the fundamental thing that m
by dev1ycan 1y ago
I'm not a UI/UX designer but I feel like in general, Linux community need to put a LOT more focus into the GUI frameworks.
What is the fundamental thing that makes a Windows version feel like a new Windows version? It's not a different control panel or basica taskbar animations (although it helps), it's mundane things like how the borders of the buttons look, animations, transitions, loading bars so on and so on...
It all boils down to Winforms/UWP/WinUI and others for Windows and GTK/QT for Linux...
To this day Winform in windows gives me a sense of peace, something about the way the UI looks just looks "solid"... even when a lot of it is outdated, UWP was terrible while WinUI 3 is sleek and modern, although it does feel less robust I just can't pinpoint the reason exactly.
For Linux I don't know exactly what it is but I am almost sure GTK/QT are responsible, I have yet to use a linux distro that manages to give me the "feel" of solidness that let's say the Windows 7 UI gave me, it's not really about how smooth your animations is, it's that when I open a file explorer or the control panel it just doesn't feel "there".
I how can it be that so many decades keep passing and Linux still feels like a pre alpha UI compared to Windows versions of the early 2000s? I just took a look at a youtube video of the beta and I keep seeing distros focus on the wrong things, also can we at LEAST bring back the chrome/aero/real button feel of the "start menu" buttons? the PopOS start menu button looks very unserious... I guess it's just me though.
I understand that there's a lack of funding but it wouldn't surprise me if a really good UI framework design came around Linux would suddenly start seeing much higher adoption.
- samtheDamned 1y agoI really identify with this. I think the worst offender was KDE when I could [meta]+drag and move taskbar applets all around the screen like a regular window. Like you said it's understandable since there is a vast funding difference between windows/MacOS and the linux DEs but it is unfortunate.