| ▲ | osener 2 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
Outsider art, outsider music refer to art, and even in those practices a lot of celebrated artists are the ones that eschew the established norms. But design is functional. Grows organically by needs of the user. If so many people swear by Calibre, it is well designed for calibre’s use case. It is not only about the aesthetic design trends. They don’t need to apply a coat of liquid glass and modern icon treatment to make it well designed. Software like Calibre are a toolbox full of screwdrivers and random things that are not in the same color hue and size and rounded corner treatment. You open the toolbox and immediately know what you need to reach for and where, get the job done and close it. This appeal to authority is why we end up with everything looking like Juicero of software. Shiny, the same components and pricing plan as everything else. But absolutely soulless and often user hostile. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | Geezus_42 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
> Outsider art, outsider music refer to art, and even in those practices a lot of celebrated artists are the ones that eschew the established norms. I don't think many of those artists were celebrated during their lifetime, or at least not until the their form became more widely accepted in the mainstream. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | latexr an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
> Outsider art, outsider music refer to art, and even in those practices a lot of celebrated artists are the ones that eschew the established norms. Which is what I said, in different words. If you understood the term, why did you ask what it meant? > If so many people swear by Calibre There’s no true alternative. A lot of people use Calibre despite how it looks, because it does all the things. The world of messing with ebooks outside the vetted stores isn’t that big. > It is not only about the aesthetic design trends. I didn’t even so much as hint that. Please don’t straw man. > They don’t need to apply a coat of liquid glass and modern icon treatment to make it well designed. Again, didn’t even so much as suggested that. I personally dislike Liquid Glass. > toolbox Again, there’s nothing wrong with being a toolbox nor have I claimed there is. > This appeal to authority There was no appeal to authority. You paid no attention to words in the comment, you fabricated an argument in your head and are fighting that. Fucking hell, HN is tiring. Stop being so angry all the time, we’re not on opposing teams. Not every comment is a criticism or disagreement for you to rally against. Calibre is great and I’m happy it exists. I recommend it to people despite not using it myself (I make my own tools). When I used it I found it to be very ugly and at times confusing and found it could benefit from applying some basic well-understood and researched design principles. But that’s all my opinion. You’re welcome to have yours, I don’t care, use whatever you like. Just please don’t mischaracterise my words and don’t come all angry and citing misapplied fallacies at me. I didn’t do that to you and would appreciate the same courtesy. Don’t stoke hate. | |||||||||||||||||
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