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>> ...summarize these rules into one sentence, it’d be: >> Prefer global UI consistency over local optimizations.

I weep for our field, because this should be true beyond the confines of each app.

Instead even on the desktop we have hoards of local "optimisations" - one in each bloated Electron POS.

There's a place for novelty UI - entertainment.

Productivity should have no place for it.

[skydhash]

I think the only place left for consistency are Emacs, TUI (but 256 colors and 24 bit enthusiasts are encroaching that), desktop environments like GNOME and KDE.

The most sensible approach is one by mpv. Ship the core logic of your app in a bundle/library. And everyone can build the environment specific UI for that.