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Many programmers think they can cheat their way into designing a good UI, they just think it's just enough for you to learn and use a GUI framework, and place t
by flykespice 8mo ago
Many programmers think they can cheat their way into designing a good UI, they just think it's just enough for you to learn and use a GUI framework, and place the widgets in a "good enough" way.
Just look at the monstruosity that is the GUI version of wget, it's the epitome of programmers with no UX background trying to make a GUI application.
- catgirlinspace 8mo agothere’s a gui for wget??
- jeffreygoesto 8mo agoHandbrake ;)
- joymonger 8mo agowget is a download CLI tool. Handbrake is a video transcoder. I feel like I'm missing something, or just missed the joke lol.
- yonatan8070 8mo agoI Googled screenshots of "wget gui" and "handbrake software", both are GUI programs with a whole lot of dropdowns, checkboxes, etc. Maybe that's the meaning of the parent comment?
- ValentineC 8mo agoHandbrake is aesthetically better, if slightly less powerful compared to MeGUI, but MeGUI is usable if one doesn't mind reading through some video encoding guides. Whatever came before MeGUI was likely much worse.
- eloop 8mo agoYep, web browsers.
- flykespice 8mo agoyes https://www.jensroesner.com/wgetgui/wgetgui.png https://www.jensroesner.com/wgetgui/wgetgui.png
- catgirlinspace 8mo agothat is horrifying.