Thread: BookONO wants to be a Calibre alternative
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Old 10-01-2013, 07:32 PM   #91
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Originally Posted by poglad View Post
"If you want to replace Calibre, then replace it, not use it to drive your own product. At this point in time, this software only seems to be a new front-end / user-interface for Calibre."

So you're saying that making an alternative front-end to Calibre's GUI should be dismissed as a valid project? He should either rewrite the back-end too, or give up?

Personally I think the back-end is where the real power lies, and when it comes to designing new approaches that get that power into the hands of more users, I'm all for it. Calibre's front-end is gross (IMO) and something less 1995-looking would be a pleasure to use.
Why??? As a matter of interest, why is it gross?? I find using it no problem and its front-end does something I regard as vital - it doesn't get in the way of the data I'm actually trying to use - too many programs are a triumph of style over function/content and actively get in the way of actually doing something... what great improvements would stop it (IYO) being gross?
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