> I agree with most of this. I downloaded the new Mame yesterday, and the built-in UI
> is hilariously inept and horrible to use, though like anything you get used to its
> fugliness.
>
> If you're familiar with most of the older ones, then MameUI64 is the best right now,
> I think.
>
> Basically the problem with every one I've seen is that they're designed from the
> inside out, rather then the outside in. Meaning, usability is about last on the list
> of requirements.
it's not perfect, but your trolling won't help.
also, most of the ones that get recommended by the developers *are* designed for usability, just not YOUR use case, they have lot of options there because anybody wanting to use the project seriously needs those options.
MAMEUI is the absolute worst for usability, because you can't even use half the features of a current version of MAME with it, which by definition means usability is terrible.
It just happens to meet your use case, while the others actually provide a far higher degree of usability.
The number of selfish users who think we need to meet their use cases and fuck anybody who needs to do anything more serious with the project is astounding, although not surprising since it's mostly the same people who hate on us for wanting to preserve things they don't personally like too.
Design by statistics and the race to the bottom is plaguing UI design these days, that's why I really hate the way Microsoft have decided that the best way to design Windows is by looking at use patterns because it means all the advanced functionality will end up going away because it gets used less.
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