• dzonc@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’d given up on lemmy because every so I had tried was unfinished and unpolished. I tried sync and finally felt like the user experience wasn’t getting in the way of content.

    I’d love to support foss, if a genuinely comparable experience existed.

    I’m glad to say that sync has revived my interest in lemmy.

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      1 year ago

      IMO FOSS has really great offerings when it comes to libraries or other highly technical code.

      But something about either the community or incentive structure results in sub-par UI/UX. Obviously not a rule, but definitely a trend I’ve noticed.

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        1 year ago

        Don’t forget the community’s reaction to comments like yours, why down vote him if he’s stating the obvious? FOSS projects often focus so much on technical features because everyone wants to flex their code-fu, but nobody gives enough time to UI/UX. Just look at pretty much every Lemmy web frontend, fugly webpages with early 2000s look-and-feel, usually slow and/or buggy, and with little to no user feedback.

    • jerkface@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      FOSS doesn’t need your support. You misunderstand the relationship. FOSS is looking out for you.