alt Hacker NewsI downloaded that on my spare Android phone (I'm primarily an iOS 17 user), but never ended up using it because it just wasn't aesthetically pleasant. I also don't really take photos using my Android phone, I guess.
Randomly, I wish more UI/UX designers contribute to open source.
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There are some initiatives for designers to contribute to OSS, like this one: https://opensourcedesign.net
Dunno how popular/successful/active it is, tho.
I wonder if we can get some UX folks to volunteer a day to review and write up improvement suggestions for various popular open source projects. I personally know bad UX when I see it, but I'm no expert on making good UX ;-)
This. I've had so many projects where I wish someone who really cared about UX could just tell me "this sucks, if you want I can help"
You're wishing for a very double-edged sword. UI designers do as much harm as good. Disappearing scroll bars, rounded window corners for square content, hiding primary functionality inside a hamburger menu when there's plenty of room for labeled buttons, removing maximize/minimize buttons in favor of non-discoverable keyboard shortcuts.. I'm sure I'm forgetting lots, and that's just on GNOME.
As a rule, if you, a non-UI designer, are bothered by it, then it doesn't take a UI designer to fix it.
I wish developers put in the faintest amount of thought into UX instead of just throwing together the first thing they came up with.
Like, literally just add a photo of the app to your landing page. It's not rocket science.