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Originally Posted by davidfor
There may be a problem of discoverability in calibre. There are lots of posts of "I didn't know calibre could do that". Or requests for enhancements that are answered with pointing out how to do it now. That I don't know how to fix and it probably isn't fixable as calibre can do so much. It is a problem that exists for any complex application. You just have to look at how few of the functions of Word and similar that most people use.
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I have some sympathy for Viztastic's view as I shared it for a while in the past. I currently think that such a complete revamping of the interface is unnecessary and likely to create factions with different ideas about the redesign and those who do not want it changed.
I also totally agree with Davidfor's comment above.
A couple of things for discussion
What does occur to me is this. Calibre is based around a lot of plugins both those written by Kovid and those written by third parties. Sometimes these plugins have features which duplicate features in other plugins.. ( e.g. look at "Polish" and "Modify ePub")
Would it be beneficial to Calibre to rationalise such duplication?
This may allow a reduction in the number of icons/menu options require, which may help with feature discoverability.
I realise it would be a lot of work and would add no new features to Calibre and may potentially delay new features being developed.