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Agreed. The main sticking point for Retroshare is it's atrocious interface. I love the concept but can't bring myself to actually use it.

• thejosh 13y ago
  This really was/is the main sticking point around free software. The UX is awful until a designer comes along and fixes it. Or ruin it...
  • nwh 13y ago
    Contributing any sort of design to an open source project is often a horrible experience. Probably explains why it rarely happens.
    • eric_bullington 13y ago
      It's open source. You don't even have to talk to the developers if you'd rather not. Fork it and make it beautiful, and release it. The world will thank you. If there's enough demand, the devs will merge it into the original project.
      • nwh 13y ago
        If I was a designer and not a programming type, this would be extraordinarily difficult, especially when it comes to refactoring someone else's code and interface to fit my vision.
        • dmix 13y ago
          Indeed design is not about sticking a pretty UI on top of the existing software. You have to apply UX to the development process, such as how a user interacts with features, or the steps involved in each action, or the way the app communicates to the user, or delivering feedback after an interaction is completed. Design influences the software requirements. It's necessary for designers to collaborate with developers if you want a well designed app... not just a pretty one.
• buovjaga 13y ago
  The Retroshare no-gui version is almost feature-complete. The no-gui version will allow all kinds of interfaces as can be imagined. The Android version is still under active development: https://github.com/G10h4ck/RetroShare-Android-Client https://github.com/G10h4ck/RetroShare-Android-Client