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maara · 09-19-2011, 10:49 AM

Hi,
I must say that I love Calibre and I am using it for managing my ebooks but I was just wondering - why is calibre's ui so ugly and uneconomic (to be honest the icons are really ugly, buttons are big and the layout makes no sense, preferences menu is very confusing etc. etc. etc.)???
I think that the community around calibre is growing every day and calibre is number one in ebook managers so why the ui is not as good as it could/should be?

Kovid you are a great programmer and you built a great piece of software from the scratch so why don't you make one release targeted to make much better ui?? I am sure that there are many people skilled in ui design out there willing to help you and who can help you to bring your app to another level...

M.

09-19-2011, 10:49 AM	#1
maara Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Kindle	Calibre facelift Hi, I must say that I love Calibre and I am using it for managing my ebooks but I was just wondering - why is calibre's ui so ugly and uneconomic (to be honest the icons are really ugly, buttons are big and the layout makes no sense, preferences menu is very confusing etc. etc. etc.)??? I think that the community around calibre is growing every day and calibre is number one in ebook managers so why the ui is not as good as it could/should be? Kovid you are a great programmer and you built a great piece of software from the scratch so why don't you make one release targeted to make much better ui?? I am sure that there are many people skilled in ui design out there willing to help you and who can help you to bring your app to another level... M. Last edited by maara; 09-19-2011 at 10:59 AM.