Many programmers think they can cheat their way into designing a good UI, they just think it's just enough for you to learn and use a GUI framework, and place the widgets in a "good enough" way.

Just look at the monstruosity that is the GUI version of wget, it's the epitome of programmers with no UX background trying to make a GUI application.

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catgirlinspace 10 hours ago | parent [-]

there’s a gui for wget??

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eloop 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yep, web browsers.

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flykespice 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

yes https://www.jensroesner.com/wgetgui/wgetgui.png

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jeffreygoesto 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Handbrake ;)

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joymonger 10 hours ago | parent [-]

wget is a download CLI tool. Handbrake is a video transcoder. I feel like I'm missing something, or just missed the joke lol.

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yonatan8070 10 hours ago | parent [-]

I Googled screenshots of "wget gui" and "handbrake software", both are GUI programs with a whole lot of dropdowns, checkboxes, etc.

Maybe that's the meaning of the parent comment?

	▲	ValentineC 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Handbrake is aesthetically better, if slightly less powerful compared to MeGUI, but MeGUI is usable if one doesn't mind reading through some video encoding guides. Whatever came before MeGUI was likely much worse.