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by the_af 1884 days ago
I disagree and I hope no effort is wasted on this. Calibre is great and any confusion is solved by googling.

If and only if the author(s) feel they have time and energy to spend on this, then that's ok. But no forks and no wasted energy, please!

I'd rather they spent time solving bugs and improving/adding features.

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UIs that you have to google are like jokes you have to explain...
I've never met a UI for which I didn't have to google how to accomplish some things, even macOS'

Completely self explanatory UIs don't exist. In the olden days they required manuals. Now we have online help and google at our fingertips, fortunately.

Unlike jokes, UIs are not an end unto themselves. I'm more than willing to accept a somewhat ugly or cumbersome UI if the underlying tool is as good as Calibre.