Sorry I made you feel like this. There are no shortage of “Calibre but well designed” tools, as long as Calibre has existed. I am just tired of hearing Calibre and other open source apps are badly designed as if that is an objective fact. When can we accept a design stands the test of time and maybe it is in fact well designed?
Re:Kitty 0.50
by tweetle_beetle on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @08:47AM
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As far as I was aware, there definitely is a shortage of "Calibre, but well designed" tools. What are these tools?
There are lots of things that do bits of what Calibre does (Kavita, Librum, KOReader, Koodo, etc), but nothing comes close to replacing it.
Which is what I said.
> If so many people swear by Calibre
There’s no true alternative. A lot of people use Calibre despite how it looks, because it does all the things. The world of messing with ebooks outside the vetted stores isn’t that big.
> It is not only about the aesthetic design trends.
I didn’t even so much as hint that. Please don’t straw man.
> They don’t need to apply a coat of liquid glass and modern icon treatment to make it well designed.
Again, no one said that. I personally dislike Liquid Glass.
> toolbox
Again, there’s nothing wrong with that nor have I claimed there is.
> This appeal to authority
There was no appeal to authority. You completely misunderstood the comment, fabricated an argument in your head and are fighting that.
Fucking hell, HN is tiring. Stop being so angry all the time, we’re not on opposing teams. Not every comment is a criticism or disagreement for you to rally against.