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beigeoak | 4 years ago

I was introduced to Tantacrul via his video on MuseScore. I was thoroughly unimpressed by it and was taken aback by the things he chose to focus on and give priority to.

A lot of the video felt like it was missing the forest for the trees and felt like more like a person trying to say "Did you notice this? I did!" rather than focusing on the actual big picture.

At one point he says that software should try to build on familiarity and frameworks that the user would be used to and find intuitive. Later on, he completely misses how presets are represented and complains that it's unintuitive.

The amount of time he chose to spend on iconography was mind-boggling, and his specific comparison of of iconography to typography was tenuous at best.

Overall I feel that the lack of of FOSS UX devs is what Tantacrul is taking advantage of. His slick videos seem compelling and correct, but are extremely surface level.

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guitarbill|4 years ago

The MuseScore video is part entertainment, part critique. Personally, I don't think it's fair to dismiss it so quickly. He's very knowledgable in the field of music notation software, and is in a smaller niche of having used several of them professionally (most people stick to one or two). In another video on Dorico [0], he did user testing. So he's not just pulling things out his ass.

It's easy to hate. MuseScore is better due to his involvement. The FOSS community should be more welcoming to UX devs in general, and especially who have a methodical approach and actually listen. Maybe wait and reserve judgement.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-3wEC6Fj_8

TazeTSchnitzel|4 years ago

The iconography part is a bit long and excessive, but as an uninvested party, the rest of his MuseScore video feels like good user interface criticism. It may seem like a lot of little nitpicks, but “death by a thousand cuts” seems like the relevant phrase, and he clearly understands how someone would want to use the software, because he is part of the target audience (composers).

medlyyy|4 years ago

So, you have experience in UI/UX yourself then to say this authoritatively?