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No, if I can't run it on my machine then it's just an idea. I didn't say it was a simple or obvious idea - I said it's just an idea.

Anybody can make something pretty in Photoshop. If he was serious about getting people to implement his mockup he should have spent a few days writing a quick and dirty implementation, with real code that could be improved upon later.




This sums up why most open source GUI's look like a widget library vomited on the screen, don't try getting involved unless you know how to code.


It's just a chat app. We all know that programming it is feasible because it has been done hundreds of times before. That part isn't interesting.

What's interesting is the interface, which is why we're discussing it. The fact that you can't run an application doesn't make the concept any more or less interesting to discuss and critique. The issues being discussed aren't solved with code.


Lol? Anybody can make something pretty in Photoshop? I dare you to try and make something similar.

You know that there's a profession called UI Designer?




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