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Re:Show HN: Yoleo – A Beautiful RSS Reader by jff on Wednesday June 05, 2013 @05:24PM (#5828692)
Why does everything have to be described as "beautiful"? Yes, it looks nice. It's not fucking Beethoven, it's a website that appears to do a damn fine job of managing RSS feeds. Yet every damn day we see another HN front-page article about such-and-such a "beautiful" web-app.

Edit: also, in this instance, a good chunk of the beautiful design seems to have been lifted from Google's style, from the icon style to the way they put a little red bar next to the current selection

Re:Show HN: Yoleo – A Beautiful RSS Reader by dylangs1030 on Wednesday June 05, 2013 @05:26PM (#5828707)
It's a good way to say, "Hey, not only did I develop this cool thing, I designed this cool thing."

Also, sometimes design is a focal point. All things being equal, I will choose the prettier option. I might even be persuaded to pay money for a prettier option if it functions just as well as the ugly open source option.

Re:Show HN: Yoleo – A Beautiful RSS Reader by GardenHose on Wednesday June 05, 2013 @08:11PM (#5829549)
As will many. There's many powerful apps on the AppStores that are outshined by their prettier (and less capable) cousins.
Re:Show HN: Yoleo – A Beautiful RSS Reader by mustefaj on Wednesday June 05, 2013 @09:15PM (#5829784)
As a heads up, designed by @mustefaj
Re:Show HN: Yoleo – A Beautiful RSS Reader by minusfive on Thursday June 06, 2013 @12:22AM (#5830417)
Uhm, OK.
Re:Show HN: Yoleo – A Beautiful RSS Reader by mustefaj on Thursday June 06, 2013 @03:23AM (#5830988)
Aw Jorge :), don't be shy. High five.
Re:Show HN: Yoleo – A Beautiful RSS Reader by jamiebikies on Wednesday June 05, 2013 @06:13PM (#5829020)
Beautiful is not just in the design, I've put a lot of effort into the mechanics of how things work, as well.
Re:Show HN: Yoleo – A Beautiful RSS Reader by masukomi on Thursday June 06, 2013 @06:36AM (#5831562)
While i agree that beautiful does come in no small part from the "mechanics of how things work" there's NO WAY TO KNOW that you've done that from the site. It's a static screenshot. To be honest the screenshot's a bit... simple and plain. Not terribly notable. Maybe it is a "beautiful" experience to use it, but I've got no way of knowing that without signing up for it. What's my incentive here? Why should I bother with yours when all i see is a simple screenshot with NO indication of ANY notable functionality or mechanics?
Re:Show HN: Yoleo – A Beautiful RSS Reader by c0mpute on Wednesday June 05, 2013 @09:07PM (#5829760)
+1 times 100 at least.

The time and effort that goes into making something simple and easy is enormous. Very nice product!

Re:Show HN: Yoleo – A Beautiful RSS Reader by jessm on Thursday June 06, 2013 @02:41AM (#5830851)
Interaction design is the mechanics of how things work :)
Re:Show HN: Yoleo – A Beautiful RSS Reader by brown9-2 on Wednesday June 05, 2013 @10:19PM (#5829984)
These "beautiful" labels are also a little hard to take since they always seem to come from the creator of the darned thing, a source that's a bit biased.