[montyf]

I thought it wouldn't be so bad, but now that I have seen the screenshots... it's pretty bad.

The thing is, a lot of developers seem to have no anesthetic sense whatsoever. I realized this when I noticed that almost all Emacs themes are garbage, and that no one seems to mind. I even wrote a blog post about it with several examples and people thought I was trolling.

I mean, just five minutes of work put into this Slack thing would have improved the look a lot, so the other commenter's point about priorities is just kind of dumb. Slack may be a piece of junk but at least it is passable in the looks department. It's not like it's the 90s or anything. How can someone think that looks aren't important?

[merlinsbrain]

It’s an open source project with bold text saying not to use it for work since it’s incomplete and may be buggy.

The authors goals may not align with yours, and their decision of what they want to do on their free time might not align with yours - this is exactly why releasing it to the open is a good thing, talented and interested people can contribute to it if they choose, or use something else if they are so inclined.

I’d love to try themes developed by someone with as strong opinions on design as yourself, but you wrote a blog instead. Its what you wanted to do, and you did!