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2010/10/1 Frank Griffin <ftg@roadrunner.com>
+
Gustavo Giampaoli wrote:
+>
+> Same way if you put the sweetest marmalade in an ugly and dirty
+> package. And you also put some dog sh*t in the most beautiful
+> packaging, with a nice ribbon.
+>
+> Ask them "please, pick one". Which one do you think people will pick first?
+>
+
+
You're overlooking that fact that if you are a commercial enterprise you
+can pay people to tie ribbons around dogsh*t, but you'll find very few
+community contributors who are willing to do that for their own
+amusement and edification. :-)
+

I do agree with Gustavo.
And what he tries to say is not « functionality is irrelevant, let's focus on design, guys ». He says (or that's what I understood) that we should consider aesthetics. And I think that in the whole community there might be people who feel concerned about/are competent in graphic design, and willing to improve GUIs.
+I just think that we could let them improve things instead of saying « don't put your artistic hands in my code, it works so there's no problem if the GUI is ugly ».

Functionality is the most important aspect, but design is relevant.
+
For example : I never used the 3D desktop in Mandriva, but I convinced a lot of my friends to try the distro showing them my funny cubic desktop. Just because it looks great, not because it is useful.
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2010/10/1 Frank Griffin <ftg@roadrunner.com>
+
Gustavo Giampaoli wrote:
+>
+> Same way if you put the sweetest marmalade in an ugly and dirty
+> package. And you also put some dog sh*t in the most beautiful
+> packaging, with a nice ribbon.
+>
+> Ask them "please, pick one". Which one do you think people will pick first?
+>
+
+
You're overlooking that fact that if you are a commercial enterprise you
+can pay people to tie ribbons around dogsh*t, but you'll find very few
+community contributors who are willing to do that for their own
+amusement and edification. :-)
+

I do agree with Gustavo.
And what he tries to say is not « functionality is irrelevant, let's focus on design, guys ». He says (or that's what I understood) that we should consider aesthetics. And I think that in the whole community there might be people who feel concerned about/are competent in graphic design, and willing to improve GUIs.
+I just think that we could let them improve things instead of saying « don't put your artistic hands in my code, it works so there's no problem if the GUI is ugly ».

Functionality is the most important aspect, but design is relevant.
+
For example : I never used the 3D desktop in Mandriva, but I convinced a lot of my friends to try the distro showing them my funny cubic desktop. Just because it looks great, not because it is useful.
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