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Worldwalker · 07-21-2010, 01:22 PM

Okay, I'm steamed. I'm beyond steamed.

Cfp, you have a lot of nerve.

You use free software for a few days -- the icon size problem you're talking about is specific to 0.7.9, so you can't have been using it before the 17th of this month -- and you have the unmitigated gall to waltz in here and say, if I understand the headline changes correctly, that calibre sucks. If there was any commercial alternative to calibre, I'd take up a collection around the forum to buy you a copy.

Like theducks, I've been around programming for a while. I remember the joy of first time I got to use a CRT terminal; dumb terminals were such a huge advance over cards and TTY. I've done UI design professionally for everything from command lines and text menus to completely textless environments. Right now, I'm a professional website designer, and website design is GUI design. So unlike you, I have actually not only used but designed multiple styles of user interface. There is no one true way.

Y'know, I don't happen to like some things about the calibre GUI. I've posted about things I dislike here on occasion (check the thread about the icons for an example). Unlike you, I've been using calibre longer than 4 days. Unlike you, I have contributed money to the project, and when my life is less chaotic, I'll probably be contributing code. As you might note from my karma, I'm considered to be a respected user around here. And I would never in a million years, never, ever consider telling Kovid that calibre (or any part of it) "sucks" and needs to be rewritten to conform to my expectations. Seriously, what is this with people who would never go to Microsoft and demand that Office be redesigned just for them, but feel perfectly free to barge in make just such demands of independent developers?

Calibre is open source. If there's something I dislike so badly, then I'm perfectly within my rights to follow the instructions on how to set up a development environment and change it so it works the way I like, or to hire some coder to do it for me. The one thing I don't have a right to do is insult the developer, demand that he throw out his design and use mine instead, and generally act like an arrogant so-and-so with a world-class ego. Don't you have to be at the gym in 26 minutes or something?

07-21-2010, 01:22 PM	#18
Worldwalker Curmudgeon Posts: 3,085 Karma: 722357 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: PRS-505	Okay, I'm steamed. I'm beyond steamed. Cfp, you have a lot of nerve. You use free software for a few days -- the icon size problem you're talking about is specific to 0.7.9, so you can't have been using it before the 17th of this month -- and you have the unmitigated gall to waltz in here and say, if I understand the headline changes correctly, that calibre sucks. If there was any commercial alternative to calibre, I'd take up a collection around the forum to buy you a copy. Like theducks, I've been around programming for a while. I remember the joy of first time I got to use a CRT terminal; dumb terminals were such a huge advance over cards and TTY. I've done UI design professionally for everything from command lines and text menus to completely textless environments. Right now, I'm a professional website designer, and website design is GUI design. So unlike you, I have actually not only used but designed multiple styles of user interface. There is no one true way. Y'know, I don't happen to like some things about the calibre GUI. I've posted about things I dislike here on occasion (check the thread about the icons for an example). Unlike you, I've been using calibre longer than 4 days. Unlike you, I have contributed money to the project, and when my life is less chaotic, I'll probably be contributing code. As you might note from my karma, I'm considered to be a respected user around here. And I would never in a million years, never, ever consider telling Kovid that calibre (or any part of it) "sucks" and needs to be rewritten to conform to my expectations. Seriously, what is this with people who would never go to Microsoft and demand that Office be redesigned just for them, but feel perfectly free to barge in make just such demands of independent developers? Calibre is open source. If there's something I dislike so badly, then I'm perfectly within my rights to follow the instructions on how to set up a development environment and change it so it works the way I like, or to hire some coder to do it for me. The one thing I don't have a right to do is insult the developer, demand that he throw out his design and use mine instead, and generally act like an arrogant so-and-so with a world-class ego. Don't you have to be at the gym in 26 minutes or something?