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The GUI should be better. A lot better.

Accursed Farms

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  • Recommended by 5 people: 4 on Hacker News and 1 on Lobsters.
  • A classic. People kept recommending it from 2020 to 2023.
  • Presented by Ross Scott, creator of Accursed Farms
  • An opinion. It argues one side of a question engineers disagree on.

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397K views6 years ago5 recommendations

Software designSystems programmingSimplicity and complexityOperating systems

Ross Scott critiques modern desktop graphical user interfaces, arguing they have regressed from older designs like Windows 7, and proposes principles for improvement.

We're all trapped in an alternate reality where the GUI is still bad. I don't know if we're going to make it. Link to forum discussion: accursedfarms.com/forums/topic/5784-the-gui-should-be-better… Link to reddit discussion: reddit.com/r/accursedfarms/comments/h0cumc/the_gui_should_be… accursedfarms.com

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5 people recommend this

What people say. Recommended as a detailed critique of modern desktop GUI design and a list of features for better interfaces.

lichon Lobsters • Recommends

The GUI should be better. A lot better
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firen777on Hacker News • Recommends

On “Chicago95 – Windows 95 Theme for Linux”

…udy too. But since the entire industry (be it cooperate or non-profit org) collectively lost their mind and decided flat is the one true way and purged the entire internet of anything vaguely 3D, I can't really compare the experience again in a more objective manner. I'd always go back to Ross Scott's video of how a "non-expert" view modern GUI( link to this video ) whenever I want some reminder on what good GUI should do. I don't agree with everything he say since a lot of it is subjective, but this video cursed me to pay far more attention on how shitty modern GUI is in my everyday interaction with the computer and phone. (Ross's video essay style is more akin to how a cultist on the street preache…
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dredmorbiuson Hacker News • Recommends

On “The GUI should be a lot better [video]”

One of the strengths is the list of recommended features for a GUI. That really should be called outin the video description or several linked discussions, but doesn't seem to be. I think the version shown at 59m9s is complete: link to this video Editing lightly: 1. The GUI should be asthetically acceptable with heavy and long use. 2. There is no perfect GUI for everyone. 3. There are many features that are ideal for the majority of users. 4. The GUI should get out of the way when you don't need it. 5. The GUI should be as efficient as possible if you know what you're doing. 6. The GUI should activate when you want it and not when you don't. 7. It shouldn't be easy to do things you don't want by accide…
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partusmanon Hacker News • Recommends

On “MuseScore 4: Moving from notation software to composition software”

Although it may not really fit what you're looking for, there was a one-hour video linked here a few days ago that critiziced the entire modern desktop GUI landscape. Video: link to this video Discussion: link
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lurtbancasteron Hacker News • Recommends

On “The Mullvad Browser”

I was about to type a long comment in response to yours, but then I realized I could just link you a video1 that goes into detail explaining all the ways in which Windows 7's UI is customizable, in ways that Win 8 onwards are simply, not. The video is 1 hours 17 minutes long, so feel free to speed it up a little. Hope that helps. Cheers! 1 - link to this video
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RealCodingOtakuon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Kando: The Cross-Platform Pie Menu”

Reminds me of “The GUI should be better. A lot better” by Ross Scott0. Edit: looks like this project is already submitted to Ross Scott's forum post1. 0 link to this video 1 link
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