I tend to avoid complimenting or insulting ugly offspring. Instead, I note whether you can deduce their parentage from their physical characteristics and/or the

I tend to avoid complimenting or insulting ugly offspring. Instead, I note whether you can deduce their parentage from their physical characteristics and/or their demeanor. Parents tend to accept these comments as compliments. To apply this analogy to software ... I just don't. I don't know the "parents" in most cases. I simply evaluate the software, look at whether it meets my needs, evaluate whether its shortcomings prevent me from using it. And if I don't like it I just move on. If you're looking for criticism and suggestions from me on your software, A) you're at least an acquaintance (or I've prepaid for your app) and B) you should be able to accept that criticism. I'm not in the habit of grabbing a random app and calling it ugly.