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by brachkow 77 days ago
LittleSnitch for Mac is a good looking app.

I always thought that ugly UIs on Linux are because of good designers do not intersect well with programming enthusiasts.

But looking how ugly same app looks on Linux, I’m starting to think it could be a technical limitation. Can someone elaborate?
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littlesnitch 76 days ago
It depends on several factors. One factor here was the decision to make it web based. The other is that this one is by me, and I'm not a UI designer or frontend developer. I usually work on network stack, model design and other low level stuff. Exactly the same as most Linux developers, so it's no surprise that the outcome is similar.
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mfro 77 days ago
It just depends on the UI frameworks available to developers and their interest in building something good-looking. Different UI frameworks are available for different platforms, and there are only a few good ones that are cross-platform. Qt and GTK are pretty common for linux apps and typically don't look great.
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