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What are some FOSS programs that you think are a far better user experience than their counterparts? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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I used Plex for my home media for almost a year, then it stopped playing nice for reasons I gave up on diagnosing. While looking at alternatives, I found Jellyfin which is much more responsive, IMO, and the UI is much nicer as well.

It gets relegated to playing Fraggle Rock and Bluey on repeat for my kiddo these days, but I am absolutely in love with the software.

What are some other FOSS gems that are a better experience UX/UI-wise than their proprietary counterparts?

EDIT: Autocorrect turned something into "smaller" instead of what I meant it to be when I wrote this post, and I can't remember what I meant for it to say so it got axed instead.

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[–] 10 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Readability is #1 priority

That’s arguable. Calibre is a database manager, not a reader. It has a reader, sure. But it’s an afterthought when compared to the rest of the program. The program is primarily aimed at people who have a reader and want to be able to manage their library. It’s days ahead of literally any other program when it comes to things like metadata management or managing multiple devices.

It’s sort of like saying that Notepad++ is bad at making Word documents. Like sure, it may be able to edit Word docs, but that isn’t what it’s primarily designed for.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (2 children)

    That's not what I was told on the multiple sites that I stumbled on when searching for an all-purpose digital book reader. But you're probably right, and they're probably wrong.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    I'm curious what features that Calibre was missing for reading that you are looking for specifically? I know that it's got some pretty standard features built in, though I've never used it to read, only to check files before sending to eReader.

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