How is the conclusion in this article not “Jesus Christ redhat, stop chasing shiny and instead get your shit together”?
the worst instance of fugly cartoon-sci-fi user interface I’ve seen since, I’d say, the Commodore Amiga days
No it’s not, just google “sonique music player”, it’s worse than Trillian and iTunes put together.
As a general rule: Never trust a UI that looks like candy.
That is UIs that go out of their way to try to be eye candy, because most likely they’re compensating for something else.
It’s a sad day when you can’t avoid them.
How is the conclusion in this article not “Jesus Christ redhat, stop chasing shiny and instead get your shit together”?
No it’s not, just google “sonique music player”, it’s worse than Trillian and iTunes put together.
As a general rule: Never trust a UI that looks like candy.
That is UIs that go out of their way to try to be eye candy, because most likely they’re compensating for something else.
It’s a sad day when you can’t avoid them.