Most of the best tools are kinda ugly or undesigned: Excel Docs Email Pen & paper Whiteboards 2/
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The more designed a tool gets, the more limited and dysfunctional it becomes. Every Asana release seems to make it prettier and less Functional. Notion is incredibly bloated from being overdesigned. Dropbox has gone from super simple file storage to whatever Paper is. 3/
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On the flip side, tools that have stayed ugly / simple retain their core function really well: Evernote Craigslist Things Twitter Reddit (though it's slipping) MyFitnessPal 4/
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I've heard from a bunch of people that they don't want to use Roam because it's "not pretty," but I think that's a bad heuristic for tools. Design is important, but function is more important, and they don't always go hand in hand. 5/
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Now the big caveat: obviously this isn't always true. Great design improves function. iOS is a great example of this. So is Webflow. Though, depending on your goal, iOS is a much less functional tool than Android. Same as Webflow vs. WordPress. 6/
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It could be that it depends on how "advanced" you want to be. To play on the fringes, you have to be comfortable with ugliness, because the pretty tools are going to be too nerfed up to let you do what you really want to do. 7/
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But most of the time, those guardrails are really helpful and make for a better experience. You don't always need to be on the bleeding edge of functionality. 8/
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Design with intent is important, like the tools that you mentioned(Twitter, Evernote). Hopefully as Roam grows, their design will get better.. but with intent rather than for the sake of looking pretty.
Hvala. Twitter će to iskoristiti za poboljšanje vaše vremenske crte. PoništiPoništi
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Super interesting thoughts! Even though I also have judged Roams poor design in contrast to Notion before your arguments do make a lot of sense!
Hvala. Twitter će to iskoristiti za poboljšanje vaše vremenske crte. PoništiPoništi
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I have to push myself every day to stick with this ugly tool and not go looking for a prettier tool. I LOVE good design, so it's hard sometimes. :D :)
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