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And that's the problem. Every single open source software looks like it was cobbled together with no vision or coherency in design. It's no surprise that most
by Diamons 12y ago
And that's the problem. Every single open source software looks like it was cobbled together with no vision or coherency in design.
It's no surprise that most open source software is clunky and hard to use whereas closed products always have that visual polish.
- pyre 12y ago> Every single open source software looks like it was cobbled together with no vision or coherency in design. Creating a Pull Request doesn't mean that the developer of the open source project has to accept it verbatim if it doesn't fit with the 'vision.' [Also, I'm pretty sure that the parent to your post was talking about bugs that probably don't involve visuals.]
- k__ 12y agoYes, many projects lack a style guide for UI and/or coding. And often big projects have, similar to closed source software, rather ugly workflows where you have to discuss stuff before you're assigned to a bug and then have to send it patches and what not. A good review process is important or else everything ends in chaos.
- shangxiao 12y agoEvery single? You sure you want to make that claim on HN?
- e12e 12y agoYeah, take the go language, for instance. No vision, cobbled together by amateurs without any clear goals, and no real-world experience. Awful. /s A lot of open/free projects are indeed "hobby" projects (and not in a good way) -- but to claim that all of them are bad? Compared to what? The shareware scene from the 90s?
- qu4z-2 12y agoClosed products always have that visual polish Wow. You must use different closed-source software to me. I agree a lot of open source software is very ad-hoc and seems to have no overarching design in place, but the same seems to be true of most closed source software in my experience.