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Is your favourite app ugly?
Two of my currently most used are Cubasis and Caustic. Both uglier than the bottom of a turtle's foot.
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SpringSound. A real rotter.
But can make some interesting noises.
I dont thing Auria is ugly, but it could be a bit sharper.
BM2's a bit cold to me.
apefilter, the app itself is not ugly. But, the app icon, with all its flashy greenness, is down right ugly. I like the original one for it myself.
Agree with Caustic being ugly. But the 3rd party skins do make it look decent.
@Hex047 are these in the app?
None of my favourite apps are ugly, I guess that's partly why they're my favourites, but my list of UI fails would include: Earhoof, WretchUp, Voco, CrystalSynth, and king of the uglies - SampleWiz.
Funny aint it. Attractiveness is a central part of success, but taste varies. Crystal is so odd looking that I have come to like it, as if some quirky old uncle. And Earhoof I think is slick. Personal, not really peeves, but places the UI collides poorly with my brain, include Werkbench (which I want to love) and Caustic which is a fine program but causes the atavistic part of my head to go "Clunk" whenever I open it. But it's a fine line for each of us: Nave is so beautiful I can't seem to make sense of parts of it...
Feel bad even naming an app here, since it will sound like a slam against the developer. But really it's a compliment. If an app is not aesthetically pleasing, yet you insist on using it, it must offer something of real value.
MultiTrackStudio, hands down. It's based on PC DAW's like you would have seen 10 or more years ago, and it's not a looker by any means. But it also functions surprisingly well for what it does, so I wish MORE apps on iPad were ugly if it meant they would function better as MUSIC apps, instead of trying to load complicated graphics or animations into RAM.
Kinda like girlfriends in a sense.
I'd rather have an ugly app that functions well than a pretty app with fundamental problems. Sometimes it seems like a unique visual interface hiders functionality. My biggest peeve are interface knobs that end up turning in the opposite direction you want them too. Or the way-too-tiny buttons on some apps, like Z3ta+.
You guys forget the PPG apps!!!
It is a wonderful synth but such oldish and ugly interface ... Wonder if anyone is really using it actively
I hope someone creates a good template for it since it's good synth but has zero usage due to the interface
I second this emotion, in a way I like the brutalist, uncolorful ones best, I'm so easily distracted by the pretty ones...
Also I realized, my preferred shoes are all pretty ugly, by most standards.
In truth I used to inwardly sneer at people who even mentioned an app's appearance. I now accept that visual aesthetics play a part in how I respond to an app. I know for instance that some shades of blue are anathema to me, whether they be on a front door or on a car or in Gadget.
For me, it's the fonts (can't believe I'm saying this).
Not my favourite, but Yonac miniDrum PRO.
Some companies pay vast sums to get customer feedback, so free constructive criticism is a good thing, and if they pay attention they should sell more units.
I worked as a UI designer for a couple of well known software companies so I'll immediately notice if bad design is letting a product down, or even affecting usability.
All of the ones I mentioned could do better (I'd also add Werkbench, Johnny, forgot that one), and in the case of SampleWiz - which had an animated wizard rising up beneath the keyboard - put me off using it completely.
Nope! Garageband has one of the single best UI's around. With help from AB it's the centerpiece of my music studio.
But you can have a good user interface that is ugly. They're two different things, aren't they?
Where I'm coming from, is that ugly is an important component of a good interface. I'm on the brutalist/utilitarian continuum.
Depends on why you think it's ugly. If the menus, for example, are using a decorative font you don't like, that also makes them difficult to read then the ugliness is affecting usability as well. If you think the heavily applied skeuomorphic design is ugly and all that 3d drop-shadow madness makes accurate twiddling impossible then again the ugliness has caused big trouble.
Of course sometimes an industrial, flat, plain design might improve usability, particularly for mobile software, even if it's not pleasing to the eye and attracts fewer customers.
For me the interface has to be both - easy to use with a good workflow, and attractive to look at. That's the key to all good design.
Yeah on the options tab. More can be downloaded on the single cell website.
Some skins also change the font..but yeah, Caustic is pretty ugly. The retro look doesn't look good on ios compared to Android.
You really think cubasis is ugly?Wow,you have a special taste
The instruments and plugins look bad though (except the iAPs imo).
Caustic:agreed
The default colors in MIDI Designer Pro, gah. How many here just never bought it because of the looks?
My problem is never with the buying, it's the using thereafter
@Crabman as for Cubasis; don't think its design is particularly pretty, although it's hard to separate out these things when you do use aspects of an app that you find clumsy. The whole zoom/roll edit implementation is so poor my frustration probably leaks over...
I'm with @Coloobar in terms of focusing on functionality. Designs that make it hard to see or use elements are ugly in my book. There are plenty of plain looking apps like NLog Pro that are very functional but are no beauties either. I think the Klevgränd apps are both functional and look good to me. I'll use an ugly even dysfunctional app if it provides options I can't find anywhere else, but given the choice I'll go with a more functional app and actively look to find apps that will improve my experience. The Sugar Bytes effect apps all offer great options but the UI design ported from a PC environment definitely makes for a painful experience with the double clicking to be able to adjust the controls. The great thing about midi is that even ugly/dysfunctional apps can be controlled as sound modules and thereby minimizes my interaction with them.
@Paulinko:i would exclude Effectrix,this interface works perfect on iOS.
I'm with you Paulinko, functionality trumps looks. It's just that I've come to the conclusion that certain shades of blue bug me for some reason. Teal...shudder.
Springsound; different drummer; sliver; midisequencer; musk player; jam maestro.
I agree with that and Egoist seems to work well for me too.
(hint) Just walk on by Mister Flo....