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joshua.maverick 2009-12-07 22:23
Re: Most maemo apps are buttafaces
 
Almost all apps on the iphone are user friendly, and look good. Why is this community so against having apps look good :S?

joshua.maverick 2009-12-07 22:25
Re: Most maemo apps are buttafaces
 
Let's adhere to standards, but lets make those standards good.

ian_ryge 2009-12-07 22:35
Re: Most maemo apps are buttafaces
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by joshua.maverick (Post 415471)
Why is this community so against having apps look good :S?
We're not.

Quote:
Originally Posted by joshua.maverick (Post 415477)
Let's adhere to standards, but lets make those standards good.
Sounds good, but using custom PNG buttons and backgrounds is not adhering to standards.

joshua.maverick 2009-12-07 22:40
Re: Most maemo apps are buttafaces
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ian_ryge (Post 415496)
We're not.



Sounds good, but using custom PNG buttons and backgrounds is not adhering to standards.
Okay, cool.

ColdFusion 2009-12-07 22:41
Re: Most maemo apps are buttafaces
 
It's open source, you don't have to force them, you can just FORK them!
Maybe the developer likes your patch and will incorporate it, maybe he likes it the way it is. You can't just go around and say stuff like that.

The apps that are now developed are in the beginning stages, where the developers focus more on functionality than usability.

The app that you gave as an example is nearly a week in development!
WTF dude?!

And most of the iphone apps look gimmicky.

joshua.maverick 2009-12-07 22:42
Re: Most maemo apps are buttafaces
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ColdFusion (Post 415510)
It's open source, you don't have to force them, you can just FORK them!
Maybe the developer likes your patch and will incorporate it, maybe he likes it the way it is. You can't just go around and say stuff like that.

The apps that are now developed are in the beginning stages, where the developers focus more on functionality than usability.

The app that you gave as an example is nearly a week in development!
WTF dude?!

And most of the iphone apps look gimmicky.
FORK them?

joshua.maverick 2009-12-07 22:43
Re: Most maemo apps are buttafaces
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by joshua.maverick (Post 415511)
FORK them?
This is getting out of hand. I wanted to know if Apps could look better, or if they were restricted, and I wanted to know if we can add custom elements to make them look better.

That's all, I'm sorry if offended you. I didn't know custom was such a bad word around here. I feel like that Maemo-Freak guy now.

ColdFusion 2009-12-07 22:43
Re: Most maemo apps are buttafaces
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ian_ryge (Post 415496)
using custom PNG buttons and backgrounds
That'll be horrible! Most of the time I see such "custom" designs, my eyes start to bleed! :mad:

joshua.maverick 2009-12-07 22:45
Re: Most maemo apps are buttafaces
 
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Originally Posted by ColdFusion (Post 415516)
That'll be horrible! Most of the time I see such "custom" designs, my eyes start to bleed! :mad:
Custom doesn't have to be ugly, I mean well built and cleanly designed, not random layouts and random colours. I give up though. Forget I mentioned that I wanted apps to look nicer at all.

ColdFusion 2009-12-07 22:53
Re: Most maemo apps are buttafaces
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by joshua.maverick (Post 415514)
This is getting out of hand. I wanted to know if Apps could look better, or if they were restricted, and I wanted to know if we can add custom elements to make them look better.

That's all, I'm sorry if offended you. I didn't know custom was such a bad word around here. I feel like that Maemo-Freak guy now.
Forking is how OSS works, it's not a bad thing, it's one of the best freedoms that you have with it.

You've seen Canola, eCoach, AlmostTI... Icons, backgrounds, everything is customizable, and I'm sure that you know that.

You don't need custom design to make it "nicer". It's the UX that's important, and wondering every time I open a new app where the buttons are, and what's part of the background, isn't helping.

In some apps it makes sense, in most it doesn't. Most of the apps just need a better UI layout to make them "nicer".


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