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rl_dane
R.L. Dane :Debian: :FreeBSD: :OpenBSD: :NetBSD:🍵 :MiraLovesYou: @rl_dane@polymaths.social · Jun 23, 2026
Replying to @dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz

@dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz @AmenZwa@mathstodon.xyz @synlogic4242@social.vivaldi.net

And it immediately implies the fundamental problem: the app makers are therefore largely not eating their own dogfood. This causes problems that have been widely explored.

I honestly feel like we have a reverse problem: the app makers don't actually understand computers or user interfaces, and the people who designed the original GUIs and knew the WHY behind everything have left or retired.

Like, I'm an affable guy. I don't like harping on #UIDesign all the time. But our modern UI Design is absolute dogshit, if you'll forgive a little vulgarity (fairly rare for me).

It's bad enough that everything is created with 23-year-old eyes in mind, but even basic usability has suffered dramatically in the past fifteen years.

If I had a money tree and a fountain of youth, I'd go back to Uni (AGAIN 🤣) actually get my C.S. degree, and major on UI Design and be the most annoying forking UI Gadfly in all the nine realms.

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rolle
Rolle Laukkarinen @rolle@mementomori.social · Feb 17, 2026
I like beautiful things. #LukuApp #UI #UIDesign
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robpumphrey
Rob Pumphrey @robpumphrey@mastodonapp.uk · Jan 30, 2026
Imagine a design review meeting that approved this widget. "Let's make our widget huge, but also have it mostly empty, with some tiny icons and micro font" #UX #UIDesign #UI
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rolle
Rolle Laukkarinen @rolle@mementomori.social · Jan 29, 2026
I can't help it, I love beautiful, modern, minimal designs. Most user interfaces just don't appeal to me. Book apps, in particular, often feel old-fashioned. There's nothing wrong with old things though; retro tech from the 80s and 90s has its own charm, and people really knew how to make beautiful things back then. But bad UI is a different story, it's clumsy, built with off-the-shelf frameworks without much thought, and often lacks proper design guidelines, plan or structure. That's why I can't use Bookwyrm, for example. I read a lot and have mostly been using https://getbookshelf.com on iOS along with a CSV file since leaving Goodreads. Right now, I'm checking out alternatives. Even StoryGraph doesn't quite do it for me. https://margins.app looks promising, and Bookcover is okay but missing some features. So, if in another world I decided to make my own fork and app, contribute to Bookwyrm, and completely refresh its UI like I did for Mastodon with the Mastodon Bird UI - what would you think of that? #Books #BookApps #Margins #BookWyrm #UI #UIDesign #FrontEnd #BookTrackers #OwnYourData #SelfHost
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