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Re:Rethinking the computer ‘desktop’ as a concept by fy20 on Monday May 31, 2021 @09:14PM (#27349814)
Unfortunately that's not always feasible. I use Cura a 3D printing slicer (takes a 3D model, generates instructions for your printer), and it's one of the best at what it does (slicing). The UX is horrible though and is clearly 'designed by programmers' with little thought into how people will actually use it. And every time I upgrade there's a 50/50 chance it'll forget all my settings (there's lots of things you need to tweak and customise specific to your printer) and I'll need to start from scratch. Dealing with these issues is easier that switching to different software and learning it from scratch.
Re:Rethinking the computer ‘desktop’ as a concept by verinus on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @07:01AM (#27352792)
yea- deployment of CURA really has several weak points- we did not even got it to work with chocolatey correctly :(