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Originally Posted by Brett Merkey
Calibre is a useful software but not a very good example of usability and interface design principles.
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Regardless of whether or not one thinks calibre is a " 'good' example of usability and interface design principles," it's not unreasonable to expect that a user who has any familiarity with it (and let's face it: calibre newcomers aren't jumping right to ebook-editing, let alone utilizing third-party Editor
plugins) would be able to grasp the concept. Or ask around. That's what these threads are for.
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Originally Posted by Brett Merkey
I think when programmers sweat to create something really useful, they should take that extra interface step to invite the user into the wonderful secret.
Excuse me for pushing my opinion in this minor matter. Interface design was what my many bosses paid me generously for, back when I was into working for a living.
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I don't think I will (excuse you). I've never been too keen UI experts popping in to say "what's wrong" with the design of something I threw together in a few hours (a few years ago) and decided to share. It comes across as a bit condescending.
It's all open source, though. So feel free to fork the
github repo, and make it as user friendly as you want. I truly won't mind. Or submit a pull request and I'll consider it.