Comment by drnick1
3 days ago
None. A great UX nowadays is open source software running on your own hardware.
For example, you couldn't pay me to use a "webmail" like GMail over my own IMAP server and Thunderbird.
3 days ago
None. A great UX nowadays is open source software running on your own hardware.
For example, you couldn't pay me to use a "webmail" like GMail over my own IMAP server and Thunderbird.
As somebody who already does this, I wouldn't say the Thunderbird's UX is the real motivation.
I do it for autonomy and avoiding lock-in, but Thunderbird has some frustrating inconsistencies particularly in its mishmash of searching and filtering.
why would a great UX be tied to the source being open or not?
Because if you don’t like the UX you just edit the source code yourself and make it better /s
/s but I wish it wasn’t because a lot of FOSS evangelists have this mindset (here on HN too)
More seriously - open source software is resistant to enshittification. It's obviously not a panacea, but the possibility of forks (or just the user deciding not to update), combined with the difference in profit motive, tends to result in software that respects the user.
(Taken holistically, the UX of software does not just mean the UI, or the moments when you are using the software. It also includes the stability of the software over time, including whether or not you are able to reject new versions whether you do not like.)
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How's that? VLC, GIMP, Ubuntu search and settings. Terrible. Great products, awedul UX.
VLC is great I think.
Wow.. you are the one loving thunderbird. The ridiculous idea of removing menubar and if you enable that - it wastes valuable screenspace.