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Re:Software maker Altium rejects $3.9B takeover bid from Aut... by delfinom on Thursday June 10, 2021 @01:02PM (#27462927)
>I haven't used Altium but I have use Kicad and the experience was pretty bad. It's very unusuable software. I don't think Altium has anything to worry about at all from Kicad.

We've greatly revamped the experience in KiCad v6 available as the current nightlies. Meanwhile I agree 5.1 and older are awful.

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Re:Software maker Altium rejects $3.9B takeover bid from Aut... by IshKebab on Monday June 14, 2021 @03:39AM (#27500268)
Hmm maybe I will try it again, but last time I even went as far as asking about the terrible UX on the mailing list and was met with lots of "it's fine; we're not dumbing the interface down for noobs" (though two people privately emailed me to say they strongly agreed). So I'm not holding my breath!

Well done if that attitude has changed though!

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