are the apps you write for yourself pretty?
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are the apps you write for yourself pretty?
everytime i make an application for personal use whether its web or desktop, it's always ugly as all things unholy. same for everyone else?
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im talking purely about the interface, specifically a gui interface since i find it difficult to feel that a console is ugly.
the reason i was curious is because i just made a program that lets me clock in and out and output the stuff to a new or append it to an old csv file because sometimes i leave and can't get to the timeclock because the building that it is in is locked. the point is that it is absolutely the ugliest thing i have ever seen but dont care one bit because nobody is going to see it. i was wondering if i should :p
the reason i was curious is because i just made a program that lets me clock in and out and output the stuff to a new or append it to an old csv file because sometimes i leave and can't get to the timeclock because the building that it is in is locked. the point is that it is absolutely the ugliest thing i have ever seen but dont care one bit because nobody is going to see it. i was wondering if i should :p
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I may not be the hottest programmer on the planet... but I can for damn sure bet I got some of the best looking apps out there. I spend twice as much time probably on the looks of them... mainly because I use them all day long and I can't stand working in 'unholy' looking things 18 hrs a day. If it's pretty to look at, I find I'm a happier person. Kinda like if your wife is ugly... you don't want to go to bed with that stress.
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All my apps are always uglier than sin. When it comes to 'make this look pretty' i just draw a complete blank. I know how to write CSS and GUIs and whatnot but when it comes time to do something with them from scratch I never know what to do.
Thats why I feel the designer / developer relationship needs to be oh so very strong. Ill spend hours to make my code a fraction of a second faster or easier to read or whatever but beyond that I am hopelessly lost. Thank god one of my best friends is a awesome web designer or every personal website I have ever made would be black text on a white background.
Thats why I feel the designer / developer relationship needs to be oh so very strong. Ill spend hours to make my code a fraction of a second faster or easier to read or whatever but beyond that I am hopelessly lost. Thank god one of my best friends is a awesome web designer or every personal website I have ever made would be black text on a white background.
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