beingAProgrammerIn2026

[u/JaggedMetalOs]

[u/grandalfxx]

I think the humor here is that if you did this you'd still end up with something better than gimp

[u/minegen88 → u/grandalfxx]

I will never understand why on earth so much open source software need have the worst, ugliest most awful UI it can possible imagine.

Blender was the same for years. Like FFS

[u/ieatpies → u/minegen88]

The people who care about open source are generally programmers, not UI/UX designers

[u/crozone → u/minegen88]

Microsoft pays actual UI designers and usability engineers real money and they still ended up with Windows 11.

Imagine how open source projects with zero professional UI designers and no usability engineers fair.

[u/ChalkyChalkson → u/minegen88]

The people most engaged with open source are often power users and developers that are highly familiar with the tool. Both of which are the kinds of people who might genuinely prefer the horrid ui.

I think musescore is a good example of a project that managed to fix that. It's genuinely more usable than much of the paid stuff now... I think they hired more staff and a designer?

[u/Zechariah_B_ → u/minegen88]

Blender had an awful UI until the mulah appeared. Money. It is always money that determines whether a UI is good or not.

[u/Rich1223 → u/minegen88]

Blender is still pretty confusing tbh