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by randomifcpfan 891 days ago
Comparing the App Store listings, it looks like this app has a much simpler interface and far fewer features than Draw Things. Some users might prefer the simplicity of this app.

(Draw Things is by far the most advanced app that supports on-device Stable Diffusion on iOS devices and Apple Silicon Macs. It had a non-standard UI, but otherwise is really good.)

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/draw-things-ai-generation/id64...
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user_7832 891 days ago
Thanks for the link, it seems fascinating!
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unshavedyak 891 days ago
Yea I had no idea this existed! Totally going to play with this now. Surprised this is free tbh

Hell, i'd pay for something like this on Desktop (tho i'm on Linux (NixOS)).

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dhosek 891 days ago
I clicked the link on my Macbook and it apparently also runs on Apple Silicon Macs. I’m guessing it relies on the Apple Silicon Neural Engine.
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ace2358 891 days ago
I enjoy its UI personally. It’s sad to say it, but non standard on a mac means it’s actually kind of usable for a ‘pro’ app.
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dhritzkiv 891 days ago
I have to disagree w.r.t. UI and non-standard being preferable for a pro app.

Having used Drawing Things regularly for the last few weeks, I still get confused by certain interactions and UI elements, leading to mistakes, and 'lost productivity'. It would greatly benefit from a UX pass, as more standard UX improves expectations of what will happen upon performing an action.

Don't get me wrong: I appreciate that it was released –for free– and that its capabilities are what they are. I'm merely arguing that more cohesive UX and pro functionality are not mutually exclusive.

As an example of a 'pro' app, there's Pixelmator Pro, which is a very Mac-assed app. I was able to pick it and start using it immediately without tutorials as its typical UX is intuitive (to me, as a macOS user), even when it came to more complicated operations.

Some more examples that I can think of off the top of my head: Proxyman, TablePlus, Kaleidoscope, Tower. The only exception to my observation, based on tools in my daily arsenal: VSCode. Non-standard UX, yet still intuitive.

Everything else that's non-standard feels like I'm battling with the UI daily, even after years of use: Android Studio, Slack, and most of the complicated Electron apps.

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