Anooxy Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Looks like a Windows software, no way they are gonna do it that way. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/792854-winrar-ui-concept/page/2/#findComment-591231320 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryster Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 I simply don't get this whole concept of trying to make simple utility programs look flashy and sleek. It's just completely unnecessary and a total waste of time. It's a tool for compressing and decompressing files for Christ's sake! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/792854-winrar-ui-concept/page/2/#findComment-591231358 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltecXP Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 TCLN Ryster said: I simply don't get this whole concept of trying to make simple utility programs look flashy and sleek. It's just completely unnecessary and a total waste of time. It's a tool for compressing and decompressing files for Christ's sake! Pretty sells. A lot can be said for a program that bends into the OS better, in fact apps that bend tend to make the average user think they are more "professional" or "better" in some way. I know people that wont go the /. for news just because it's "ugly", and therefor "inferior" to say Digg or other sites. Its also why some people are moving to Mac's you don't have many different UI's on Mac like you do for Windows, or the "stuck in 95" look many Linux apps have. It all looks like it belongs together, which goes along way for promoting your app. Make a Winrar that looks like its form Win Me/2000 then one that was blended to look like Vista or 7, and see which the "average" person downloads. They will go for the one that bends better to the OS. It doesn't matter if the other launches, has cool command line tools, or runs faster, most people wont care. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/792854-winrar-ui-concept/page/2/#findComment-591231382 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-KJ Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 spikey_richie said: Are you aware of Neilsen's usability heuristics?http://www.useit.com/ He'd have a thing or two to say about it! The same guy that proposed that we should stop password masking? Has he forgotten that there are plenty of people out there who need to keep this information private in the public? :rofl: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/792854-winrar-ui-concept/page/2/#findComment-591231410 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phot0nic Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 By itself, your mockup isn't terrible looking. However, that would make WinRAR look completely different from any other Windows app, requiring some sort of "skinning engine" to implement. Inconsistency within an OS is a bad thing... a very bad thing. If WinRAR switched over to this, or any other type of non-native "skin", I would drop it immediately. Deathray said: It would definitely fit in better with Vista and Windows 7 with your UI concept No... not at all. Quite the opposite, actually. The current native UI fits in perfectly, this would just make the desktop an inconsistent mess. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/792854-winrar-ui-concept/page/2/#findComment-591231446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted July 4, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted July 4, 2009 Yeah I'd be surprised if a Chip and Pin machine or ATM decided to display what you've tapped in rather than asterisks. :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/792854-winrar-ui-concept/page/2/#findComment-591231454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 hate it hate it hate it. everything Hitchhiker427 said +1 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/792854-winrar-ui-concept/page/2/#findComment-591231494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
backdrifter Posted July 4, 2009 Author Share Posted July 4, 2009 Hitchhiker427 said: By itself, your mockup isn't terrible looking. However, that would make WinRAR look completely different from any other Windows app, requiring some sort of "skinning engine" to implement. Inconsistency within an OS is a bad thing... a very bad thing. If WinRAR switched over to this, or any other type of non-native "skin", I would drop it immediately.No... not at all. Quite the opposite, actually. The current native UI fits in perfectly, this would just make the desktop an inconsistent mess. primexx said: hate it hate it hate it.everything Hitchhiker427 said +1 I appreciate your thoughts but just to make myself more clear, I only tried to present the idea of a layout, the droppable locations and simpler archive controls. Non native elements are the result of my lacking skills and the blue graphic background is just me saying this is glass all over :) I am more comfortable around native interfaces but I don't think Winrar is currently using a native interface. It could be native in Win 9x/2000 era but now it is not with its non native file tree, navigation controls and working mechanism. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/792854-winrar-ui-concept/page/2/#findComment-591231612 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Has anyone ever used some of the themes for WinRAR? I found that the UI of the application is fine, it's just the icons that are bad. But then I found the GNOME/Tango icon set, and now it's perfect. It looks great. Your concept is just too... busy. The UI is already good, and I feel you've made such a simple application overcomplicated. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/792854-winrar-ui-concept/page/2/#findComment-591232672 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phot0nic Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 backdrifter said: I appreciate your thoughts but just to make myself more clear, I only tried to present the idea of a layout, the droppable locations and simpler archive controls. Non native elements are the result of my lacking skills and the blue graphic background is just me saying this is glass all over :) I am more comfortable around native interfaces but I don't think Winrar is currently using a native interface. It could be native in Win 9x/2000 era but now it is not with its non native file tree, navigation controls and working mechanism. No, I understand that the blue all over is supposed to be glass. That's what I'm complaining about. Throwing glass "all over" would make it look like an inconsistent mess with the rest of the OS. WinRAR is mostly native. No, the file tree does not use the most current widgets, but they're acceptable. I'm not sure why you feel that the navigation controls or "working mechanism" (not sure what that means) are non-native, but WinRAR is generally considered to use a native UI. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/792854-winrar-ui-concept/page/2/#findComment-591232680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted July 5, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted July 5, 2009 http://spewboy.deviantart.com/art/WinRAR-W...e-32x-109862761 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/792854-winrar-ui-concept/page/2/#findComment-591235840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhangm Supervisor Posted July 5, 2009 Supervisor Share Posted July 5, 2009 I don't like it. Too much color, too much roundness, too much large text. Windows has a UI, and programs should stick to that. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/792854-winrar-ui-concept/page/2/#findComment-591235880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subject Delta Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 AltecXP said: Its also why some people are moving to Mac's you don't have many different UI's on Mac like you do for Windows, or the "stuck in 95" look many Linux apps have. It all looks like it belongs together, which goes along way for promoting your app. Actually, I can't remember what thread it was in now, but someone debunked that one, UI elements in OSX are actually more disjointed in Windows, not less so. Windows is becoming more and more unified Media Center: Explorer: IE: WMP: Photo Viewer: Personally i'd say they have done a pretty good job of unifying their UI elements Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/792854-winrar-ui-concept/page/2/#findComment-591235918 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQ1 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 That would require a whole completely rewritten application... I think Winrar only needs to restyle the top tilebar and icons. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/792854-winrar-ui-concept/page/2/#findComment-591235952 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp0 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Why not just make it look like explorer? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/792854-winrar-ui-concept/page/2/#findComment-591236066 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorned1 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Don't quit your day job Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/792854-winrar-ui-concept/page/2/#findComment-591236452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rigby Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Regardless of whether it's WinRAR, Powerarchiver, 7zip, etc I can't really remember the last time I've actually opened the program. You can do pretty much everything from context menus so you never really see the interface anyway. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/792854-winrar-ui-concept/page/2/#findComment-591236542 Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Audioboxer said: http://spewboy.deviantart.com/art/WinRAR-W...e-32x-109862761 awesome that looks wonderful Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/792854-winrar-ui-concept/page/2/#findComment-591237098 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyLock Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 A bit on the chunky side! Can you make it slim? Come on, do some "Trim the Fat GUI" design. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/792854-winrar-ui-concept/page/2/#findComment-591237144 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+virtorio MVC Posted July 6, 2009 MVC Share Posted July 6, 2009 Here's my ideal WinRAR UI: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/792854-winrar-ui-concept/page/2/#findComment-591237300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zyxel112 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 don't like it Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/792854-winrar-ui-concept/page/2/#findComment-591237340 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slackerr Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 What for? To turn a simple and mighty tool to a glamorous-13-y.o. piece of crap? Then paint it pink! PS right-click rules. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/792854-winrar-ui-concept/page/2/#findComment-591237384 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malisk Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Lamp0 said: Why not just make it look like explorer? I like this more! :) Looks like a good start. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/792854-winrar-ui-concept/page/2/#findComment-591237406 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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