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Originally Posted by dave22153
The open source design system 'Material' by google has been thoughtfully designed and tested against several key factors such as *'effectively draws attention', 'visually appealing', 'modern' *etc. By leveraging this research, the attractiveness of the calibre software could be increased, resulting in more active users.. |
My emphasis. Just NO. So called "Modern" in UI terms is ghastly and harder to use.
'effectively draws attention', 'visually appealing', are both irrelevant to decent UI. Those apply to adverts!
GUI experience
I've used Gem, RiscOS, CAD/CAE/DTP on CP/M & DOS, Windows 2.x, 3.x, NT 3.5, Win9x, QT Phone Edition (2007), QT in Win CE style (2007), Win2K, XP, Vista, 8, 10. Mac OS9., various Mac X, iOS, Android from 3.x to 14, S80 on Symbian as well as S60. Current ChromeOS versions (20025), PalmOS. Linux since 1998 (XFCE, Gnome 3, Mate, KDE, IceWM etc).
Written GUI applications using QT, VB6, C++, C#, Java and Modula-2. Applications included PC controlling scanner/printer to be copier, Animation editor with onion skinning for frames, Document management & archiving system, Lending library for books, Lending library for Videos, Manufacturing & QA workflow. Consumables stock-control with wireless barcode handhelds with screens (MS-SQL backend). Customer Management system integrating SAGE accounts and Sales Dept using another off the shelf package (multi-user client-server MS-SQL), maintenance and extensions to Web accessed database combining ColdFusion, Oracle Database, Java on server and client side Javascript.
Designed GUIs for new products not running any existing OS.
160 x 160 pixel to 4K screens.
I'd not be offering to redo the GUI of Calibre which started managing a Sony ereader and runs on Mac, Linux and Windows, a lot nicer than Chrome Browser does.
What GUI project with data management this size have you managed or implemented or worked on?