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If I can use it, I honestly don't care what it looks like.
Well allow me to retort.
I've recently noticed a connection (for me) between an app's appearance and my willingness to explore its music-making potential. I was wondering whether I was alone in this. Do you ever feel alone flo? I'm going to guess you do.
Let me know if you need help with understanding any other threads around here, ok?
Hey, play nice with Mister Flo. He's one of the good guys.
My comment was written with a big grin on my face and a twinkle in my eye!
If it's really ugly — and there's absolutely no excuse for disregarding potential for presentation in life, but I suppose some people don't have their priorities sorted out — then I resign to treating it as a piece of industrial factory equipment that simply does a job. Like a piece of military equipment, or a tank (not that I keep goldfish anymore). But even factory equipment demonstrates that it could be designed to be appealing and intuitive, and, over the decades, is increasingly being so. I mean, I've even seen other people use windows computers, and in the early days it was not only cluelessly ugly but functionally repulsive, yet nowadays it looks not bad. I still wouldn't choose to use one though, because I don't work in a factory, but it's probably not the trauma I imagine.
Depends on the quality of the responses. If it's 'I hate iMPC Pro it looks like a dawg' then, yeah. If it's 'I didn't buy Turnado because the buttons are too small for me to use' then no, that's useful information for the developer, other developers and potential customers.
Interesting to see how many people claim they don't care what an app looks like as long as it works. Which means they do care, as good UI design is an integral part of good functionality.
Allow me to pontificate a while. I find myself regarding iPad applications as potentially a different thing to a conventional Mac application. Some app manufacturers seem to put the required resources, design / engineering time and staffing into manufacturing not just, not only, not specifically beautiful apps, but apps that to my mind are actually documents rather than computer programs. They're dynamic interactive changeable documents that give an output, in which respect it differs from a conventional document. But yet, in the case of a good few — a sizeable minority — they are created, laid out, designed and produced as documents, but the manufacturers placed all the workings and gubbins and cogs and machinery behind it that form the working product that is the app. Yet, in those few cases, I think of it as a document and not a computer program. Those are the good apps. Even if they don't do much, or are beaten by another app from a different manufacturer which performs the same task, I find it pleasant and therefore productive to use, because I will spend more time in front of it.
Well designed apps like Sampler are more inviting, personally that's how I judge apps. Couldn't care less about features if it means sacrificing workflow and looks. Mobile apps shouldn't be competing with their desktop counterparts.
Caustic now offers a variety of skins, many made by a few gifted graphics artists, all available for free.... some of them look very good, compared to the stock color theme and appearance...
@u0421793 I'm not sure about the document idea but yes I appreciate more the apps that work with their status as iPad denizens.
I think Björk sums up my feelings about this quite accurately:
Werkbench developer here!
The graphics were definitely the #1 criticism of our 1.X look and feel. 2.0 graphics were in response to that.
I would love to work with a talented UI designer(s) to get some fresh skins. Send portfolios to: [email protected] and we can talk!
That said, I think that Werkbench's funky/ugly look initially made it standout from all the brushed-steel-military-star-trek-glowy music apps and contributed to its success.
@KarlBolasol Karl, your app is your baby. You love your baby. It is a very special baby (quite a lot more special than many of the babies). But your baby makes people cry when they look at it sometimes. These are harsh and ignorant people, I know this must be true because I am one of them.
The gifts your baby has to share with us are very advanced and quite different to many others, but many of us do not talk about this to other people because of the crying etc. Sometimes we gather together and discuss just how very clever your baby is, but we don't invite it to our parties very much. We are harsh and ignorant people. Like many customers.
It's probably not fair but a less pleasing GUI creates a perception of lower quality sounds.
@JohnnyGoodyear I also think it is ugly! I'm serious about folks sending me portfolios.
@KarlBolasol You know, the good news Karl, is that there IS a definite correlation between the inherent perceived qualities of an app and frustration as regards its UI. By this I mean that if an app seems, well, average, well, so what? But when you play with something (as I have with WB) and recognize that it really IS a special baby, but, but....so, accept my silly comment for what it is, but it's promoted precisely because of the quality of the app itself.... good luck with version 2.2, I would love to reinstall it.
I got used to Impaktor but it would do with an update of the visuals.
If I wasn't disappearing under a mountain of work at the moment I'd love to take you up on that. I think you're right though - the quirky UI did make me notice the app initially, though I think it's also the reason I haven't really used it much.