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Originally Posted by Starson17
The UI is excellent. You just don't know how to use it yet.
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I find this attitude, which seems to be shared among a few of the longer-term members on this board, annoying and condescending.
Comparatively speaking for a new user, the UI is far from excellent. There are too many icons going on (especially on smaller screens) and the method to customize/change them is tedious at best (drag-and-drop?), some icons are redundant within the menu and context toolbar, and the preferences menu seems very convoluted at first.
Yes, I'm very grateful for Kovid for developing this software, providing it free of charge and open source,
and constantly updating it. Yes, I can realize (altho I'm no developer) that there are can be limitations with the Python language to create/add some feature or design. However, he (or the team?) is only one person, and what may be easy for him to grasp/work with may be fairly difficult for others. This is where things like user design/experience come into play, which Apple and to an extent Google understand as just as integral to their software (look at how iTunes, despite its bloat, separates everything into categories ie. Music, Audiobooks, Podcast, etc. on the left, and how Chrome has the simple Omnibar). I don't see how questioning the status quo, at least constructively, can not only help the design/usability of the software.